Bon Temps!

The summer vampire series True Blood has three episodes left, and then another vampire series The Vampire Dairies will be back in October. Do you find that all vampire stories happened in the middle of the United State? Let’s explore the vampire town in True Blood. It’s Bon Temps.

As we heard in True Blood, Bon Temps is in the Louisiana. Louisiana was inhabited by Native Americans when European explores arrived in the sixteenth century.  The state has been governed under 10 different flags beginning in fifteen forty-one with Hernando de Soto's claim of the region for Spain. In Louisiana, both English and French are the official languages, so you will hear people speak French. Base on the history of Louisiana, you will see a lot French culture in Bon Temps. The French people in Bon Temps are called Cajun. Here, you have to try Cajun cuisine. Gumbo is a famous Cajun soup in Bon Temps. It is a soup influenced by Native American and African food culture.

In Bon Temps, you can visit the shooting locations of True Blood, such as Sookie Starkhouse’s house, Vampire Bill’s house and Sam’s bar. Only one thing you can’t see is the vampire. Don’t worry about vampires bite you at night and the fairies hear your mind secretly. You are all safe when you are visiting in Bon Temps.