NEW ORLEANS MEMORIES

Our tour of New Orleans included a stop at the Sydney and Walda Bestow Sculpture Garden that had many interesting sculptures including ones by Henry Moore and George Segal.

Sculpture by Henry Moore





New Orleans is known for above ground cemeteries.  

                         The Garden district is one of the loveliest areas with grand houses.                                                

Another highlight was the WWII museum that tells the story of the American experience in the war. 

This part of the WWII museum shows some of the involvement in Europe

We visited Mardi Gras World where one can see floats and decorations that have been used for past parades and watch work being done for future floats.

The Louisiana State museum had displays of costumes worn at Mardi Gras balls.

We had brunch at the Court of the Two Sisters in the French Quarter and enjoyed listening  to jazz music while sampling local cuisine such as gumbo, turtle soup and bananas foster from the buffet.

We had the opportunity to go to a cooking school to watch the preparation of creole dishes like gumbo, shrimp estouffee, bananas foster and pralines.

Preparing bananas foster

Jackson Square is in the heart of the French Quarter.  It is easy to stroll through the district to admire the architecture and listen to street musicians

This building has a good example of the wrought iron railing seen on many balconies.







Note the Mardi Gras beads on the left balcony

This jazz group was playing in front of the Louisiana State Museum.

Jackson Statue in front of the St. Louis Cathedral,  the oldest cathedral in the U.S.