I’ve been busy and then tired so I haven’t blogged. I’ m going to have to split the blog post up because there’s lots of photos.
New Orleans is awesome. It’s different, multi-cultural, lively and heaps of fun. I hate long plane trips but I love travel. I’m here to attend my first RT convention (formerly Romantic Times Convention) and it being in New Orleans was what sealed the deal for me. I came early so I did some tours and I met up with the wonderful Keri Arthur for serious retail therapy. The conference itself is huge.
I am staying at a bed and breakfast near mid town on Canal Street. That’s the same street as the conference hotel but a cable car ride away. So there are pros and cons, but I think there are mostly pros. I’m forced to take the cable car everyday and that allows me to see real life around me and I’m meeting people over breakfast and Monica is the best Innkeeper ever so it’s all good.
Here is a pick of the house. It has a raised basement, which is where my room is. It was built early 1900s. Below is a shot of the parlour, and a lovely ornate fireplace.
Canal Street Inn, New Orleans,
The Canal Street Inn, The Parlour
Then I did some touring around so there’l be more photos.
So I have done a few short tours. The City and Cemeteries, with an educated and informative guide. The tours are quick so I think they are more like an introduction if you want to focus on a particular spot. I’ve also done a tour of two plantations, Laura Plantation and Oak Alley, both very different but haunting and sad in the slavery side. I think it’s important that we don’t forget how these people (stolen from Africa) were treated. I also did a ghost and vampire tour and the stories were scary.
Joan of Arc Statue,
New paper boxes. Who said print media is dead.
street view French Quarter
Poker machine cubicles, Flannagan’s Pub, French Quarter
The architecture in the French Quarter is very European, most Spanish than French. The French houses were destroyed by fire and rebuilt in brick. It’s quite reminiscent of Europe.
Note. I was in the pub to take a tour. The cubicles fascinated me. They were better fitting that the toilet doors.
And my keyboard died so limited typing for me.
Donna Maree Hanson, Author and PhD Candidate 