My travel blog: New Orleans Adventure 10/19/2015

Arrived in New Orleans in the evening of October 21 with Tourco tours.

Bus trouble with the air conditioning.

Thursday October 22, 2015

New Orleans city tour

Jill our guide.

Examples of above ground burials in New Orleans. Once the crept is built there is no limit to the number of burials. They move the bones below each time a new family member is buried but have to wait at least a year. Link to information on how it's done if interested. http://www.examiner.com/article/uncovering-the-truth-about-above-ground-burial-new-orleans-cemeteries

caution.....the following picture may not be appropriate for young viewers

...other sculptures throughout the city.

this is Joan of Arch, they call it "Joanie on her pony"....

...this is not a real person, it's a sculpture!!!!

Lunch at Crescent City Brewery, had Louisiana crab cakes and cup of gumbo. http://www.crescentcitybrewhouse.com Great food!!

Beignets at Cafe Du Monde

http://www.cafedumonde.com

River cruise aboard Natchez, had Cajun bloody mary. Drinks were great, cruise was mediocre I thought.

http://www.steamboatnatchez.com

Muffelleta from the Central Grocery

Small Italian market selling specialty foods & muffuletta sandwiches, which its founder invented. It was delicious!!!!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Central-Grocery/112756688738128

Friday October 23

Destrehan Plantation Tour

http://www.destrehanplantation.org

In costume.

Slave quarters reproduction

Cajun Pride Swamp Tour

http://www.cajunprideswamptours.com

Dinner at Copelands

http://www.copelandsofneworleans.com/details-harvey-la

I thought the food was great!!

Bourbon Street for Hurricanes

Saturday October 24

WWII Museum Tom Hanks documentary 'Beyond all Boundaries'

http://www.nationalww2museum.org/visit/beyond-all-boundaries.html?

Pictures cannot do this place justice. If you want to learn about this war, this is the place to go. The documentary unfortunately is only shown here at the present time.

This guy was on our tour, he is 93 and a WWII veteran.

French Quarter

Jackson square artists, musicians...etc.

Palm readers

Muriels for lunch

http://www.muriels.com

The salad I had was amazing!!!

French Market

https://www.frenchmarket.org

Video of parade floats

Sunday October 25, left for Mississippi

They take your money just like in Minnesota.

Also drove into Arkansas, Tennessee then into Illinois where we stopped in Springfield for the night.

Visited the cemetery where Lincoln's tomb is then to the street where his lived before his election. The whole street has been preserved. You can tour the house for free but it closed before we got there.