N is for New Orleans
2018 #AtoZChallenge
We’re back in the US today, in the southern state of Louisiana for N is for New Orleans.
The city, nicknamed “The Big Easy”, is famous for its French Quarter, probably mostly for Mardi Gras and Bourbon Street.
Tourism promotes “Voodoo” although not many people are actual practitioners. Marie Laveau (1801-1881) was known as the “Voodoo Queen of New Orleans”.
Four active streetcar lines ply the streets of the city.
Because the city is below sea level, the graves in the cemeteries are above ground in elaborate mausoleums like these in Lafayette Cemetery No. 1.
and The Animals, House of the Rising Sun.
Fun city! My hubby is from New Orleans. So, I get to visit regularly to see his family. We are going there this May for a week. 🙂
Have fun! I’ve never been, but it’s a place I’d love to visit. Especially, the French Quarter and the cemeteries.