Today we took a trip into New Orleans and booked a Segway Tour of the French Quarter. After that we went and had breakfast at the Beignets Cafe and visited Jackson Square. After our Beignets breakfast we headed back to the Segway Tour and enjoyed 2 hours visiting New Orleans via Segway. What fun! The weather here was great until after the tour. We just got to our car in time before the rains came. The Lord really was kind to us today. We were able to take in the city before the bad weather moved in. Homeward bound tomorrow.
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| Mmmm,...good. NOLA specialty. |
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| Jackson Square, St. Louis Cathedral. |
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| St. Louis Cathedral |
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| Artists around Jackson Square. |
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| St. Louis Cathedral. |
St. Louis Cathedral is the oldest Roman Catholic Cathedral in continuous use in the United States. It is between the Cabildo, the building where the Louisiana Purchase was signed, and the Presbytere, which was formerly a courthouse. The Cathedral is a brick between posts construction, a type of construction used in New Orleans until the mid-19th century. There are three spires, a central spire flanked by two smaller ones. A bell tower with a clock was added to the church in 1819. The clock and its bell were obtained by a New Orleans clockmaker and brought from Paris. The bell stills chimes the hour.
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| Andrew Jackson |
The Battle of New Orleans engendered a sense of nationalism among Americans–after all, the fledgling nation had now beaten back the British empire twice in 30 years, first during the American Revolution and then in the War of 1812. Pride over the victory effectively ended the growing pains of political divisiveness that had plagued the United States at the beginning of the war. Winning the Battle of New Orleans not only helped the United States maintain its newly won independence and increased patriotic sentiment, it turned Jackson into a national hero and paved the way for his ascent to the presidency in 1828.
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| Around Jackson Square. |
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| Typical courtyard in NOLA |
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| View of Balcony's. |
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| Typical architecture. |
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| Lots of renovations going on here in NOLA. |
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| Happy Segway Tourists. What fun we had. |
Segway to Armstrong Marketplace.
Have really enjoyed watching your adventure. Now you are headed home and we are headed out tomorrow morning....hate that we are missing you.....unless you are home today, pls give us a call. It's been very hot here so you might not enjoy coming back to that. Hopefully, I'll now get our blog going. We should be gone about 3 months.
ReplyDeleteHave really enjoyed watching your adventure. Now you are headed home and we are headed out tomorrow morning....hate that we are missing you.....unless you are home today, pls give us a call. It's been very hot here so you might not enjoy coming back to that. Hopefully, I'll now get our blog going. We should be gone about 3 months.
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