Some time ago I decided that we couldn't leave the South without seeing at least one plantation, and what better phase of the trip to see plantations than New Orleans? There are quite a few to choose from: Destrehan, Laura, Nottoway, San Francisco... And then I saw pictures of Oak Alley, and I knew that… Continue reading Oak Alley, Houmas House
Tag: New Orleans
The Presbytere, the Historic New Orleans Collection, Preservation Hall
Our third day in New Orleans and we're still the Only Europeans Left Alive in the whole state of Louisiana, or so we thought until we crossed some Italian guys today. Other than that, almost all tourists here are American, with a few Asian and Latin American representatives. It's an odd feeling when all the… Continue reading The Presbytere, the Historic New Orleans Collection, Preservation Hall
Lee Circle, Riverwalk
Today I woke up half an hour later than yesterday! I'm gonna get over this jetlag just in time to get jetlag when I come back!While doing research for the day's itinerary in the morning, I found out that ALL the museums in the French Quarter are closed on Mondays: the New Orleans Historic Collection,… Continue reading Lee Circle, Riverwalk
The French Quarter, the Steamboat Natchez
The wonders of jetlag: After having travelled for 22 hours yesterday, today I woke up at six in the morning lucid enough to perform surgery. It didn't help, of course, that right outside our house was a talented songbird that could effortlessly switch between the tunes of "backing forklift", "pedestrian crossing streetlight signal" and "burglar… Continue reading The French Quarter, the Steamboat Natchez
Down in the Treme
It's the start of a new adventure! For this new edition of This Is A Lake, we're going on our very own tour of the South of the United States, and the first port of call is New Orleans!The trip began, as all trips out of Paris must, with train troubles, when the RER B… Continue reading Down in the Treme