Years ago my husband, Andy, and I drove to New Orleans, Louisiana, USA for a vacation. Our hotel, The Clarion, was on the National Registry of Historic Places. Our room was quaint and very beautiful in shades of lavender, ivory and pale blue.
We went to beautiful Jackson Square where you can take guided tours via horse-drawn carriage, or watch artists, jugglers and musicians. At one end of the Square is the Saint Louis cathedral, the oldest cathedral in the United States. Then it was a half block to Madeline's, a French cafe where we purchased French pastries and quiche, much different from up North.
Our friends went for a swimming party by Biloxi, Mississippi. Instead Andy and I rode a steamboat up the Mississippi River to tour an 1812 battlefield and a restored 1800's Southern mansion. It was wonderful and along the way we watched boats unloading raw sugar at the C&H sugar mill. In the distance we saw an old mansion that was being restored, its staircase was solid rosewood!
The Battlefield guide explained that American soldiers had a bad reputation in fighting methods in the 1800's: they would fight after dark, which was considered ungentlemanly in those days; and they would hide behind bushes and rocks, which was considered cowardly. A soldier was on hand to show how time-consuming it was to load and fire a musket.
After the tour we went to Jax Brewery. At one time a real brewery, it is now a place of small shops and ethnic eateries. We enjoyed the Italian Ice and had a hard time choosing from all the flavors including hazelnut, almond, and kiwi.
While walking back to the hotel we witnessed mounted police converging on a bank directly across the street from us. Turned out the bank had just been robbed and there was some gunplay!
Back at the hotel our friends reported what a terrible time they had swimming in Biloxi! They said the water smelled nasty. After playing for an hour in the "nasty water" an official told them to get out as they were swimming in the sewer outlet!
Leaving on Sunday we stopped at one of the older New Orleans cemeteries where the deceased are buried above ground due to the high water table. Unfortunately people remove the coffins and use the crypts for sleeping and we saw evidence of this.
Traveling on to Dumas, Arkansas, we had a wonderful dinner at "Grady's Potato and Salad Bar - Where any other Spud is a Dud"!
God loves to bless!
We went to beautiful Jackson Square where you can take guided tours via horse-drawn carriage, or watch artists, jugglers and musicians. At one end of the Square is the Saint Louis cathedral, the oldest cathedral in the United States. Then it was a half block to Madeline's, a French cafe where we purchased French pastries and quiche, much different from up North.
Our friends went for a swimming party by Biloxi, Mississippi. Instead Andy and I rode a steamboat up the Mississippi River to tour an 1812 battlefield and a restored 1800's Southern mansion. It was wonderful and along the way we watched boats unloading raw sugar at the C&H sugar mill. In the distance we saw an old mansion that was being restored, its staircase was solid rosewood!
The Battlefield guide explained that American soldiers had a bad reputation in fighting methods in the 1800's: they would fight after dark, which was considered ungentlemanly in those days; and they would hide behind bushes and rocks, which was considered cowardly. A soldier was on hand to show how time-consuming it was to load and fire a musket.
After the tour we went to Jax Brewery. At one time a real brewery, it is now a place of small shops and ethnic eateries. We enjoyed the Italian Ice and had a hard time choosing from all the flavors including hazelnut, almond, and kiwi.
While walking back to the hotel we witnessed mounted police converging on a bank directly across the street from us. Turned out the bank had just been robbed and there was some gunplay!
Back at the hotel our friends reported what a terrible time they had swimming in Biloxi! They said the water smelled nasty. After playing for an hour in the "nasty water" an official told them to get out as they were swimming in the sewer outlet!
Leaving on Sunday we stopped at one of the older New Orleans cemeteries where the deceased are buried above ground due to the high water table. Unfortunately people remove the coffins and use the crypts for sleeping and we saw evidence of this.
Traveling on to Dumas, Arkansas, we had a wonderful dinner at "Grady's Potato and Salad Bar - Where any other Spud is a Dud"!
God loves to bless!
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