A day in "The Big Easy"

It's a sad fact that we've lived 90 miles from New Orleans and yet I've never been there (Paul has when he went to do clean up from Katrina). When we first moved to Mississippi I was excited to go see it, 4 weeks later Katrina hit and I no longer had a desire to go. 4 years later we finally make it down. Thank you Grandpa Jerry for coming down and giving us an excuse to go!



We took a carriage ride around the French Quarter to get a lay of the land.


Our driver's name was Howard. He was pretty funny.

Howard pointed out celebrities homes and historical sights.



There were also a couple close calls of people getting run over by Sassie the mule.




Close up shot of the decorative and ornate wrought iron balconies.



Lana enjoyed seeing the "horsies" which were really mules.



One of the sights on the carriage ride was this Voodoo store that also sold children's books. We walked by there on our way back from eating lunch and the guy standing at the door tried to lure Lana into the store. I kept a firm grip on her hand and walked away very quickly.


The Saint Louis Cathedral. Paul called it the Temple Square of New Orleans.





We opted out on the river boat tour only because it was 2 hrs. long and it was scheduled to leave 5 minutes after we had arrived.



We did not do Cafe du Monde only because by the time we got to it, there was a long line and the tables and floors were absolutely disgusting. Next time we go down we'll hit that first and then see the sights!