St. Louis Cathedral New Orleans

We arrived 25 miles outside New Orleans, Louisiana where we camped for a week. We had never been to "NOLA" before, so there was much anticipation as we prepared for what there was to offer: namely, the French Quarter; secondly, THE National World War II Museum; thirdly, the Chalmette Battle Field and Cemetery (War of 1812 with the Battle of New …

... a full day of wandering to be able to appreciate it all. The prettiest streets are Royal and Chartes. Jackson Square and the St. Louis Cathedral are the highlight of the quarter. For lunch I slipped into Johnny Po'Boys. A Po'Boy is a huge sandwich ...

... the Place D’Armes, a town square for meetings and also executions (!). Standing guard over the Square is the St Louis Cathedral, the oldest continuously active church in America, flanked by the Cabildo and the Presbytère. The Cabildo was once the ...

... was nice, but couldn't hold a candle to the squares found in downtown Savannah. Beyond Jackson Square, we entered St. Louis Cathedral and marveled at the beautiful murals painted on the ceilings and the stained glass in the windows. Back outside, we ...

... around in public then, ya dickhead". We then wandered through the streets and took photos of various things, including the St Louis Cathedral before we took one of the Haunted history tours.  We did a lot of walking around to various ...

... 18th Century Spanish colonial architecture and intricate wrought-iron balustrades running along the balconies. The grand Jackson Square and St Louis Cathedral are a focal point for the area, and (as we found) are best enjoyed whilst eating Beignet and ...

... William Faulkner, the Nobel Laureate, wrote his first novel in his house on this street too.  Pirates Alley runs alongside St Louis Cathedral and Jackson Square, where I sat for a while.  Obviously I must have had on that face that says ...

... nbsp; We didn't know where we wanted to go, so we looked through the GPS and decided to head over to St. Louis Cathedral; however en route the GPS took us across Bourbon Street Elizabeth saw someone she and Pastor Rockey knew from ...

... more time to spare so we wandered around Jackson Square and took a picture of the Andrew Jackson statue, and then went inside the St. Louis cathedral, the oldest cathedral in America.  Right next to it was the Louisianna State Museum, so we ...

... fresh cheerful air.  We boarded another street car, this time for the Riverwalk, from where we walked to the St. Louis Cathedral to indulge in the cajun and french delicacies available for us at the French Quarter festival.  The soulful jazz ...

... , wrought iron balconies, beads, statues, dirty, narrow streets, music, Abita Amber, beignets, gumbo, jumbalaya, steam ferry, St Louis Cathedral, Bourbon Street, Pat O'Brian's, hurricane, topless fake bull rider, grenade, jazz bands, dueling piano bar, 3 ...