New Orleans

It's been awhile since I last blogged. I've been busy travelling! My trip to New Orleans in March was lovely and here are a few highlights of the trip:

The French Quarter's quaint and charming streets abound in street musicians, art galleries and antique shops. This together with the lovely weather makes for some lovely memories.

This is one of the oldest streetcars in Lousiana. It still has the original wooden seats. Travel throughout New Orleans is best accomplished through the streetcars that will take you anywhere.

This art gallery was a compendium of old and new. The Picassos, Renoirs, and Monets were particularly wonderful to see. There was an excellent combination of sculptures and even African and Asian artifacts. What was very striking was the architecture and lines just within the gallery building itself.

The Audubon Zoo has three parts, the animal exhibit, the aquarium and the insectarium/butterfly museum and they are housed in three different buildings. This carousel was seen at the animal exhibit.

Another street performer who, for a price will allow you to take his picture.

This museum was quite compelling with its numerous original artifacts and video stories with original news footage that provide a gripping view into this tremendous historical period. This aircraft suspended from the ceiling is at the entrance to the building.

Walking back from the museum, I found this interesting reflection in an old doorway:

And probably the most lovely of all things, was Oak Alley Plantation, with its live oaks and Spanish moss, majestically lining the pathway to the palacial and stately mansion: