This was my second time in Susan and David's house at Royal St. There are great many reasons to come back to New Orleans, once you've been there, and well before I had the plane tickets in my hand, I knew I wanted to stay along side them both again. The Bywater is a great neighborhood, and if you really dig discovering local bars, restaurants and other places, you could easily spent all your New Orleans time there. And Susan and David are simply the best! This time around, they were busy rebuilding another house in the area, but the times I saw them, I was always reminded of this.
I've learned a lot about being open and nice to strangers, having had a lot of couch surfers at my home in Copenhagen, but Susan and David, who has been so kind to me in New Orleans, and who have offered up their home to somebody from the far North, reinforces that this is the key to human advance. Be nice to everybody :-) I feel right at home in New Orleans because of the vibe, but also because of Susan and David, who are part that vibe.
The actual house at Royal St, it's a beauty! I'm coming back!