Sight Seeing in New Orleans during the Modern Doll Collectors Convention 2001

Sight Seeing in New Orleans

I only had a day and a half so chose a City Tour/Riverboat tour one day and then went into Bourbon Street and the French Quarter the next day. I noticed the rich smell of magnolias most everywhere I went. The easy going relaxed nature of the people who live there was very appealing and nice to be part of.
High lights were my first taste of Jombalaya at a restaurant in the French Quarter, hearing the the street jazz players there, walking up and down Bourbon street watching the party, seeing Spanish moss adorning the oaks at the park and taking a riverboat cruise!


River boat	Reba


Part of New Orleans park.		View from riverboat.

	Vieux Carre

Chalmette Battlefield.			Battlefield Monument.

	Jazz players in the French Quarter !!


Bourbon Street	Bourbon Street

Louisiana Fun Facts

Population: 4,219,973
Land Area: 47,752 sq. miles
Capitol: Baton Rouge
Statehood: April 30, 1812; 18th State
Motto: Union, Justice, Confidence
Nickname: Sportsman's Paradise
Flower: magnolia
Tree: The Bald Cypress
Bird: Eastern Brown Pelican
Louisiana has been governed under 10 different flags since 1541.
The U.S. acquired Louisiana as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 for $15,000,000.
The Super Dome, the world's largest indoor stadium, was completed in New Orleans in 1975 with a final cost of $163,313,315.
The first Mardi Gras parade was held in New Orleans in 1838.
Honey Island swamp is the home of the legendary creature known as Big Foot.
The longest siege in U.S. military history occurred at Port Hudson during the Civil War.
The pirate Jean Lafitte was a hero in the battle of New Orleans in 1815. He used the bayous as a hideout and rumors of buried treasure worth millions still exist today.
Louisiana has the tallest state capitol building in the nation at 450 feet.
In 1915 the name jazz was given to New Orleans style music.