New Orleans, a Louisiana city on the Mississippi River, is a melting pot of French, African and American cultures. We experienced the city today tourist style, on the Hop On – Hop Off Bus.
It is a city of old and new with an interesting history. They have the Garden District with beautiful old plantation type mansions. They have the business district with typical office buildings. There are no tall high rises here as it’s about 75m to bed rock before they start putting in foundations. Then there is the French Quarter.
We hopped off at the French Market with its numerous colourful stalls and ambled around the French Quarter. We crossed over the tram lines and walked along the Mississippi. New Orleans is certainly different to the US cities that we have visited up north. It is not as big, or as clean and has lots of beggars and hobos (reminds me of home).
To celebrate Fathers Day we went to a wonderful fish restaurant, GW Fins. I had the scallibut (grilled scallops and halibut), and Gray had the seared tuna, it was amazing.
city today tourist style, on the Hop On – Hop Off Bus.
It is a city of old and new with an interesting history. They have the Garden District with beautiful old plantation type mansions. They have the business district with typical office buildings. There are no tall high rises here as it’s about 75m to bed rock before they start putting in foundations. Then there is the French Quarter.
We hopped off at the French Market with its numerous colourful stalls and ambled around the French Quarter. We crossed over the tram lines and walked along the Mississippi. New Orleans is certainly different to the US cities that we have visited up north. It is not as big, or as clean and has lots of beggars and hobos (reminds me of home).
To celebrate Fathers Day we went to a wonderful fish restaurant, GW Fins. I had the scallibut (grilled scallops and halibut), and Gray had the seared tuna, it was amazing.
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