New Orleans

We arrived at Bayou Segnette State Park south of New Orleans on Feb 8.  On Saturday we visited two plantations.  The first stop was Oak Alley Plantation.

Restored slave quarters at Oak Alley

Our next stop was Whitney Plantation which is focused on slavery and includes many monuments and memorials for slaves.

On Sunday we headed to New Orleans and a day and evening full of Mardi Gras parades.

On Wednesday we headed back into the city to tour the French Quarter.  We ended the day with dinner on a jazz cruise on the steamboat Natchez.


Photos from St Louis Cathedral

Photos of Mardi Gras costumes in the Presbytere Museum

More photos around Jackson Square and the French Quarter

On Thursday we head back into the city to ride the St Charles Avenue Streetcar, tour the Garden District, tour St. Louis Cemetery No 1.  We topped the night off with a traditional jazz concert at Preservation Hall. 

Photos from the Garden District and Lafayette Cemetery No. 1


Photos from St. Louis Cemetery No 1, the oldest cemetery in New Orleans.

This is the future tomb of Nicholas Gage.  Apparently he purchased old tombs from the previous owners and relocated the remains (with the permission of the previous owners), then had this tomb constructed for his future use.


Preservation Hall - Make sure to attend a concert at Preservation Hall if you are ever in New Orleans.

A display in an antique shop window

And one last view of Jackson Square at night


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