We spent 3 days in New Orleans. For all three days the
weather forecast predicted rain.
And we had none!! Except for a 5-minute shower (byge) at the campground the day we got here.
Today was a day with mostly sunshine and 80 degrees (25 grader).
And we had none!! Except for a 5-minute shower (byge) at the campground the day we got here.
Today was a day with mostly sunshine and 80 degrees (25 grader).
We visited the old part of New Orleans today. The famous
French Quarter.
Before that though, we went to the Louis Armstrong Park. A nice park made in memory of Louis Armstrong and with jazz music as a theme through the statues and sculptures.
Before that though, we went to the Louis Armstrong Park. A nice park made in memory of Louis Armstrong and with jazz music as a theme through the statues and sculptures.
Louis himself was there, of course.
There was also a statue of Mahalia Jackson.
In all of our lives we have never heard her
sing a song she hasn’t been able to ruin totally!! 😊
(Amazing Grace, Star Spangled Banner,
Silent Night etc. etc.)
She is not one of our favorites.
In all of our lives we have never heard her
sing a song she hasn’t been able to ruin totally!! 😊
(Amazing Grace, Star Spangled Banner,
Silent Night etc. etc.)
She is not one of our favorites.
The state of Louisiana was
originally a French colony.
And then briefly Spanish,
before it was purchased (købt)
by the USA in 1803.
Not surprisingly, therefore the French Quarter is the oldest part of New Orleans.
originally a French colony.
And then briefly Spanish,
before it was purchased (købt)
by the USA in 1803.
Not surprisingly, therefore the French Quarter is the oldest part of New Orleans.
It has a lot of nice old buildings and again a different architecture than we
have seen before on our trip.
We saw the Mississippi River again. It runs right through
the middle of town.
And we saw something new – buggies drawn by mules!
New Orleans is where jazz was born, and some will say that
from jazz grew all modern music:
Rock and roll, country etc. etc.There are two famous bar and music streets in New Orleans:
Bourbon Street and Frenchmen Street,
where many bars have live jazz music, but it was in Royal Street, that we found the entertainment we were looking for. Right out in the middle of the street. At one time 3 bands were playing within a quarter of a mile. 6-8 people in each and with very different orchestration. One had a piano, another a violin, a third had a washboard etc. etc. but all had trumpets and trombones (trækbasuner). It was very entertaining to watch and to listen to.
where many bars have live jazz music, but it was in Royal Street, that we found the entertainment we were looking for. Right out in the middle of the street. At one time 3 bands were playing within a quarter of a mile. 6-8 people in each and with very different orchestration. One had a piano, another a violin, a third had a washboard etc. etc. but all had trumpets and trombones (trækbasuner). It was very entertaining to watch and to listen to.
On the way out of New Orleans we drove through the part of the city called the Ninth Ward.
The Ninth Ward was hit very hard by the hurricane Katrina in 2005. Well, all of New Orleans was.
80% of the city was flooded (oversvømmet) and over a 1000 people died.
The French Quarter was not flooded. It was built on “high ground” 10 feet (3 meter) above sea level (havoverfladen). A big part of New Orleans is built on ground below sea level, so when the levees (digerne) broke the disaster was unavoidable. The Ninth Ward looked now, 13 years later, like it never
happened, but it was a strange feeling to drive on a road where there had been 15 feet ( 4,5 meter) of water,
at the time of the flooding.
The Ninth Ward was hit very hard by the hurricane Katrina in 2005. Well, all of New Orleans was.
80% of the city was flooded (oversvømmet) and over a 1000 people died.
The French Quarter was not flooded. It was built on “high ground” 10 feet (3 meter) above sea level (havoverfladen). A big part of New Orleans is built on ground below sea level, so when the levees (digerne) broke the disaster was unavoidable. The Ninth Ward looked now, 13 years later, like it never
happened, but it was a strange feeling to drive on a road where there had been 15 feet ( 4,5 meter) of water,
at the time of the flooding.
Written by JJ
P.S
On our way back to the campground we hit a new low as far as the price of gas (benzin) is concerned:
$ 2.11/gallon (ca. Kr. 3,50/liter)
P.S
On our way back to the campground we hit a new low as far as the price of gas (benzin) is concerned:
$ 2.11/gallon (ca. Kr. 3,50/liter)
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