We were in New Orleans for Remembrance Day, the 11th of November ( in the USA they call it Veteran’s Day) so we decided to go to the National World War II Museum. New Orleans may seem a strange place to put a museum dedicated to war – it is after all the home of jazz, […]
Have you ever entered a room and felt that you were in a special place? Going inside cathedrals often makes me feel that way. I’m not religious but the beauty of the buildings always take my breath away. That’s how I felt when I walked into the Court of Two Sisters for brunch. I was […]
Our Treme tour (pronounced Tre-may), like most great events in New Orleans, began in a bar. We were encouraged to buy a drink, put it into a plastic cup, and go on the tour with our booze in hand. “The police will care if you’re carrying glass but don’t worry about street drinking. No one […]
I’m a fan of the TV series True Blood. If you haven’t seen it, it’s a story about vampires and other mythical creatures, based in the deep south of the USA. When we went to New Orleans at the tail end of our epic driving trip through North America, I wanted to visit True Blood […]
My only regret about going to New Orleans is that we didn’t go in February. Why? Because it’s Mardi Gras at that time of year. To make up for the fact we were missing the biggest party of the year, we went to Mardi Gras World to see where all the fun begins. And we […]
