Blogs from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, North America - page 9

As we drove the coast road from Tallahassee passing through two states Alabama and Mississippi we knew that we would spend more time in these places but for now we were New Orleans bound. As we drew closer to New Orleans we could see the oil rigs out at sea and the Gulf how vulnerable the coast line was along these coastal towns. We saw vacant blocks of beach front properties. With a drive that leads nowhere, a house that once stood and that had been destroyed by hurricanes which torment this part of the world. People have rebuilt wonderful new homes, but have raised them high on piers , just to give extra protection from raising tides.Beaches were full with family's having fun. Entering New Orleans that is protected by levies that try and protect ... read more

Our last full day in New Orleans. We had already done quite a lot during our stay in New Orleans, and we had something a little bit special planned for that evening, so we decided to take it easy during the day. We had done pretty much all we wanted to do and had booked cemetery tour for the following morning, so our first part of call was to head out for some breakfast. After doing some research online, we found a place that had good reviews and was a typical diner set up. I hadn't been to a proper diner yet, so wanted to get that checked off my USA to do list. The place we found was on Magazine Street so we headed back to the Garden District. It wasn't too busy as we ... read more

Today we decided to have a more relaxing day, so we'd had a few busy ones. Our first stop was some brunch and I had found a place online that I had wanted to try. Atchafalaya is on the edge of the Garden District, so we drove over there. It didn't take too long to get there. This was our first time to visit the Garden District. The area seemed really residential. We headed over to the restaurant and got a table out on the deck, tucked away from the street. I liked this spot as you could people watch the goings on on the street, without being too close. The restaurant was in a really cute, wooden house. The building has been a restaurant since 1924, but has been through a few incarnations to become ... read more

The trip into Nola was hazardous rain on and off. Angie drove to the conditions. Francine only squealed once and held on tight to the OS bar. Traffic was backed up approaching the city and we needed a bathroom break, pulled off and getting back on required a u turn, but Angie was in a lane a and wanting to make a u turn and because of the hard rain didn't see the no u turn sign and flashing lights and a whooping siren from the police car behind her, alerted her to that fact. So we pulled over 3 lanes but the cop just went by us. Thank heavens the cop didn't want to write a ticket in a cloud burst. Our hotel Courtyard Marriott was on St. Charles Street just one block from the ... read more

Geo: 29.9537, -90.0778This was my last day in NOLA and I was ready to head home to eat a giant salad. I'd had a long week of binging on food and drinking every night. It was time to relax again. Not that I actually know how to be still for very long. I get bored and need to move or accomplish something. Anyway, check out was 10am but my classes were going to last until 1pm. So, that meant dragging all my luggage with me class to class at the conference center. While I wasn't the only nurse doing so I think I was probably the one with the most luggage. I felt like I would have been amusing to watch- midget buried under all her own crap moving at turtle pace.After my classes, it was ... read more