S was excited to get some spicy Jambalaya in New Orleans...and we really tried to find some, but no luck! The food there is actually pretty bad, in my opinion.
I had to live on this kind of meal for three days. I ate so much red beans & rice, and shrimp mixed with chicken mixed with sauce. I will not be missing Creole or Cajun food.
We had a late night snack at this 24 hour cafe that serves coffee and biegnets, a deep fried dough covered in powdered sugar. The place was nice, with outdoor seating and a lot of people around.
This was a popular place for breakfast, service is cafeteria style.
One of their specialties is biscuits with "debris" and gravy. Debris is like leftover chunks of meat and juices I heard. I just got basic eggs.
New Orleans has one of the last steamboats that operates, giving tours on the Mississippi River
Here is a shot of someone playing the organ at the top of the ship.
Cruising the river.
My favorite part of New Orleans is the interesting architecture. The style of the houses and buildings is so unique.
There are lots of colors and of course, beautiful iron work.
After a couple of fires burned through the city, the new buildings to be built in the style here, where the wood structure is filled in with brick. Also the roofs had to be tile or slate.
This building now functions as a bar, but was built around 1730.
View of the Mississippi River from downtown.
There's lots of voodoo stuff in N.O., and the pedestrian mall area is packed with palm readers.
The city has a lot of levees, this is one along the Mississippi River, with big gates that would be closed if the River rises.
The Saint Louis Cathedral, the oldest catholic cathedral that has been in continual use in the US. It was established in 1720.
One of two cast iron corn fences.
The street signs. I liked Royal Street a lot, it was full of cool antique and art shops.
Lots of buildings have these inner garden areas that are really cool. This one was a coffee shop.
Ugh. Bourbon Street. Had to see it, but it was not where I wanted to hang out.
In N.O. you can drink in public out on the street.
A house where Frances Parkinson Keyes lived.
This is supposedly Marie Laveau's tomb. She was a famous voodoo practitioner. Since N.O. is below the water table, all the tombs are above ground.
One of the first graveyards. It's crazy to see the family tombs where the first person was buried in the 1800's, and then more recent family members added in the 90's.
The graveyard had a small separate Presbyterian section behind this wall of tombs.
We got on a streetcar to tour through the Garden District where there are some really beautiful old homes.
S was excited to get some spicy Jambalaya in New Orleans...and we really tried to find some, but no luck! The food there is actually pretty bad, in my opinion.
I had to live on this kind of meal for three days. I ate so much red beans & rice, and shrimp mixed with chicken mixed with sauce. I will not be missing Creole or Cajun food.
We had a late night snack at this 24 hour cafe that serves coffee and biegnets, a deep fried dough covered in powdered sugar. The place was nice, with outdoor seating and a lot of people around.
This was a popular place for breakfast, service is cafeteria style.
One of their specialties is biscuits with "debris" and gravy. Debris is like leftover chunks of meat and juices I heard. I just got basic eggs.
New Orleans has one of the last steamboats that operates, giving tours on the Mississippi River
Here is a shot of someone playing the organ at the top of the ship.
Cruising the river.
My favorite part of New Orleans is the interesting architecture. The style of the houses and buildings is so unique.
There are lots of colors and of course, beautiful iron work.
After a couple of fires burned through the city, the new buildings to be built in the style here, where the wood structure is filled in with brick. Also the roofs had to be tile or slate.
This building now functions as a bar, but was built around 1730.
View of the Mississippi River from downtown.
There's lots of voodoo stuff in N.O., and the pedestrian mall area is packed with palm readers.
The city has a lot of levees, this is one along the Mississippi River, with big gates that would be closed if the River rises.
The Saint Louis Cathedral, the oldest catholic cathedral that has been in continual use in the US. It was established in 1720.
One of two cast iron corn fences.
The street signs. I liked Royal Street a lot, it was full of cool antique and art shops.
Lots of buildings have these inner garden areas that are really cool. This one was a coffee shop.
Ugh. Bourbon Street. Had to see it, but it was not where I wanted to hang out.
In N.O. you can drink in public out on the street.
A house where Frances Parkinson Keyes lived.
This is supposedly Marie Laveau's tomb. She was a famous voodoo practitioner. Since N.O. is below the water table, all the tombs are above ground.
One of the first graveyards. It's crazy to see the family tombs where the first person was buried in the 1800's, and then more recent family members added in the 90's.
The graveyard had a small separate Presbyterian section behind this wall of tombs.
We got on a streetcar to tour through the Garden District where there are some really beautiful old homes.
