So I've told you of
Lord Chaz's tour and various
beer and food tales, now here's the rest of it. Well, most of it I guess. We had a long and wild 3 days so there's no way I can cover it all (actually I could... but you don't want to see that), but I took a lot of pics of various New Orleans sights and I'll just share some of them right here. Starting with the awesome crossing of Lake Pontchartrain Causeway on the way into town:
And our hotel which we stayed in. What I liked about it was that it was sort of in New Orleans style, with balconies all opening up to the inside and a beautiful courtyard with a nice fountain and swimming pool. Too bad it wasn't really swimming weather, but it was a very nice courtyard to sit and have a drink by the pool or just chill out and get out of the room.
The the rest of these are just various sites from around New Orleans, one of the most unique cities in America. We did one of the guided bus tours, so we got to see some of the very different cemeteries (since the ground is basically a swamp, they're buried above ground... sometimes whole families in a tomb), some of the gorgeous architecture in the French Quarter and Garden District, unbelievable old churches, some of the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina in the lower 9th Ward (which was just unreal and gut-wrenching), celebrity homes (Nic Cage, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Archie Manning, Anne Rice and others) and plenty of other sites. We also did a carriage tour around the Bourbon Street area pulled by a mule (too hot and humid for horses), which was pretty cool. Then of course, there are just some pics of Bourbon Street itself in all it's sinful glory. Enjoy.
And our hotel which we stayed in. What I liked about it was that it was sort of in New Orleans style, with balconies all opening up to the inside and a beautiful courtyard with a nice fountain and swimming pool. Too bad it wasn't really swimming weather, but it was a very nice courtyard to sit and have a drink by the pool or just chill out and get out of the room.
The the rest of these are just various sites from around New Orleans, one of the most unique cities in America. We did one of the guided bus tours, so we got to see some of the very different cemeteries (since the ground is basically a swamp, they're buried above ground... sometimes whole families in a tomb), some of the gorgeous architecture in the French Quarter and Garden District, unbelievable old churches, some of the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina in the lower 9th Ward (which was just unreal and gut-wrenching), celebrity homes (Nic Cage, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Archie Manning, Anne Rice and others) and plenty of other sites. We also did a carriage tour around the Bourbon Street area pulled by a mule (too hot and humid for horses), which was pretty cool. Then of course, there are just some pics of Bourbon Street itself in all it's sinful glory. Enjoy.
