Mike had a work conference in New Orleans this year. We decided to make a mini-vacation out of it and stayed for four days. It's such a neat city. We walked along the Mississippi river, which was very close to our hotel. The water was very dirty. Actually, the entire city is very dirty.
It was lined with huge boats and cranes. The Mississippi River is a huge part of New Orleans. Most of the people work along the River. After Katrina, many people didn't see the advantages of rebuilding New Orleans, but a tour guide told us that the reason it was rebuilt was because of the River. Homeland Security didn't want to lose this important port.
We took a haunted house tour. It was pretty fun. We met at a Voo Doo shop which is the picture above. They had some pretty weird stuff in there.
It was 90+ degrees and so so humid. I couldn't even enjoy an ice-cold beer, either. Poor Mike. He was vacationing in one of the biggest party cities in the United States with his pregnant wife.
I loved the architecture of the city. The guide told us that property in the French Quarter is $10,000 per square foot. If the residents want to repaint the outside of their homes, they have to get permits and okay it with the city.
This is a picture of one of the oldest bars in the United States. It's also very haunted, or so they say.
The inside was pretty dark and dingy. It had air-conditioning, so that's all I cared about. I did have a non-alcoholic hurricane and it tasted awesome!
This property used to be owned by Nicholas Cage. If you've seen, "American Horror Story", they have a story based upon the lady who used to live here. She tortured slaves and did unspeakable things to them. It's supposedly very haunted.
I had to include this picture of Spanish moss. It's so pretty.
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