New Orleans

 We have been checking out the sights and sounds of New Orleans.  What a very interesting place the French Quarter is!  Sydney thinks she may be scared for life after walking down Bourbon Street, and that was during the day!  I can only imagine what it would be like during Mardi Gras.

The French Quarter is the original city that the French laid out in a 66 block square in 1718.  The Spanish added their influences during their rule from 1763 to 1800.  It made for some very cool architecture and interesting culture.

We also checked out the Barataria Preserve to get a taste of the marsh land and bayous.

A house in the French Quarter.

Lots of cool verandas.

The corn fence.

Another French Quarter building.

Lots of music on the street.

Checking out the Voodoo dolls.

A living street  statue.

Sydney attempting to be a street statue.

Statue in the Louis Armstrong park.

Louis Armstrong Statue.

More French Quarter.

The St. Louis Cathedral.

Interesting food at Fairbanks prices.

Taking the ferry across the Mississippi.

This is thought to be the oldest house in New Orleans.

Bourbon Street.

A mule waiting for passengers.

Bridge over the Mississippi.

Cyprus swamp.

The Bayou.

A nutria family.

Canal through the Barataria Preserve.