New Orleans!

The "Natchez" riverboat

The paddleboat

The deck is all decked out for Christmas!

Mary and I

Eric and I with Jackson square in the background!

Eric and I in New Orleans

Mary eating bengeits!

Bengeits!

Bengeits and chicory coffee.

Some of the pretty ironwork.

A rather famous fancy restaurant I saw.

Eric witnessing and talking to some guys singing/begging on the street.

Eric with the cannon at the Cabildo

Mary sitting on the sidewalk listening to street musicians .

The New Orleans sign.

Canal Street (I think)

Me trying on a Mardi Gras mask.

Me trying on another Mardi Gras mask.

Eric trying on a Mardi Gras mask.

On our way to my grandparent's house in Louisiana, we decided to make a little sidetrip, and go to New Orleans! I hadn't been there for years, so I wanted to get a good look at it. We went, and found a place to park by the riverfront, and went walking through the French Quarter. I love the beautiful iron work of the architecture. The streets are really quaint and narrow, with lots of cool shops. We walked around Jackson square, toured St. Louis's Cathedral, listened to street music, saw the Cabildo, looked at the Natchez riverboat, and ate bengeits, and drank coffee at Cafe de Le Monde. It was great fun! We thoroughly enjoyed it!