We are starting to know our way around here near New Orleans. We've toured the city and today we toured the bayou country. On Tuesday we went the Cafe Du Mond for their chicory coffee and Baguettes. Then we walked to the French Market and walked around through the flea market booths and the food bars. We wound up having lunch there and tried their Mouflette and gumbo. Great eating! Later we took a streetcar ride through the Garden District on St. Charles Street and went through some affluent neighborhoods and went past Tulane and Loyola universities. It was a very scenic ride and interesting to see how the trolley system works.
On Wednesday we waited out the rain then took a ride to the Jean Lafitte Nature Area. This is a preserve in the bayou country of the Mississippi Delta region. We learned a lot about the history of southern Louisiana and how the canal ands levy system is washing out this part of the state.
Here are a few pictures from the past two days...
New Orleans sky line across the river
What it says!
Inside the French Market. Vendor stands and a flea market.
The corner of St Anne and Bourbon Street
A jazz park where live performers played through out the day.
One of the ritzy homes on St Charles Street in the garden district of NOLA
One of the many street cars
On Wednesday we walked on the boardwalk through the wetlands of Jean Lafitte nature preserve.
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