New Orleans: Thursday 31 October, 2013
Halloween in Nawlins!! Today has been the best possible day for people watching. Americans certainly celebrate this day in style!!
We started our day with chicory coffee and beignets at the iconic Café du Monde. The coffee was pretty good and the beignets were sugary fatty goodness! The service, however, was shite!
And then begun our walking of the city. NOLA is a great city for walking, although the unevenness of the footpaths can make things challenging. So far no mishaps, but give it time! Jackson Square is located across from Café du Monde and is a great place to watch the world go by. It also has a great view with the church in the background.
We jumped on a tram and headed to the Garden District. Along the tram lines and on trees are Mardi Gras beads....
I love cemeteries as they have so much information about what was going on at different times in history....yep, history nerd!! Lafayette Cemetary is located in the Garden District and has lots of great tombs. Some are really sad, such as one with a 7 day year old interred.
Similar to the French Quarter, it was hard to decide which house not to photograph in the Garden District. Such a beautiful area!!!!
The perfect haunted house??
How about trick or treating at Anne Rice's house??
Lunch was gumbo and a shrimp po' boy....
A walk along the river and to Washingron Square which overlooks Jackson Square...
After a lap around the French Quarter, we found out about the Halloween Parade that would go down Decatur Street past Jackson Square. Sitting watching the world go by, we saw lots of Waldos, ghouls, zombies, ninjas, the Flintstones, the Scooby Doo Gang and just about every permutation of costume possible. The parade was accompanied by a jazz band and a fire truck and was just brilliant!!
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