We didn't really get to sleep in this day, we had to get up and get ready and drive 2 hours to Lafayette, LA! If we didn't have a rental car already, I would probably not suggest doing this trip. We had planned to visit the Acadian Village, which we did, but it wasn't necessarily worth it and don't recommend it unless you are ALREADY in Lafayette for something else.
I actually really just loved the road trip aspect of the day with Tom. We've done a decent number of road trips and they always make me pretty happy!
Before heading to the Acadian Village, we stopped at a place in a strip mall called The Cajun Table. For a strip mall restaurant, it was freaking GOOD!
For the hour that we spent at the Village, there were only 2 other couples that were there at the same time as us (but not the whole time). At least it was a gorgeous day for a drive and a walk. We fed the ducks, saw a bunch of turtles, and saw a lot of old stuff LOL!
In Canada, the Acadians were a colony of New France, separate from the French colony of Canada (in what is now Quebec). In the mid-1700s, the British carried out The Great Expulsion of the Acadians from Canada. This is described as an ethnic-cleansing, as villages were razed, and one third of the people were killed.
Many Acadians ended up migrating to Louisiana, which at that time was under Spanish rule. Over time, Acadians became known as Cajuns, and today Cajuns have a strong culture, especially in Louisiana.
There is so much more to the story of the Acadians, and I highly recommend reading about them, starting with this Wikipedia page (and following some of their links to other Wikipedia pages).
