New Orleans is a very quiet city of 1/2 million people, and low rise with regard to its buildings. There is still some evidence of buildings devastated by Katrina in 2005, but we wandered through some lovely sections too. I did wonder what the kids made of some of the window 'displays' along Bourbon St .. it was a touch seedy, but we have to walk right through the French Quarter to get to where we want to go. Ken and I noted that the French Quarter smelled like Istanbul ... food smells, cigarette, stale alcohol - not in a bad way - just as an olfactory background!
We began our day at a visitor centre just a few hundred meters from our RV park, got our bearings and headed off for a leisurely wander around. We found ourselves at the
Jean Lafitte National Parks http://www.nps.gov/jela/index.htm visitor centre, and will head back there tomorrow to join a walking tour along the river.
We then headed for the
Audubon Insectarium http://www.auduboninstitute.org where we spent a lovely morning enjoying all it had to offer. We all loved the butterfly room and the koi pond. The displays were informative and interesting.
Crepes for lunch, followed by a walk to
St Louis Cathedral http://stlouiscathedral.org/, then we finished the day wandering through Louis Armstrong Park.
Another swim upon our return was much needed!
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| Termites are a problem in NO |
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| Sophia and baby alligator |
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| With teaching staff at the Insectorium - learning about millipedes |
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| Learning about scales on the wings - up close they look like a cross between scales and feathers! |
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| Learning about metamorphosis as opposed to partial metamorphosis |
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| At the Koi Pond |
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| At the edge of Jackson square - we were surrounded by street artists, musicians and magicians |
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| Plaque on the outside wall of St Louis Cathedral, NO |
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| The ceiling in the cathedral |
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| The altar |
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| Pipes of the pipe organ |
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| inscription on a lamp post |
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| Louis Armstrong Park |
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| Joining the band |
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| Louis 'Satchmo' Armstrong |
