FROM THE BIG APPLE TO THE BIG EASY...
So this Christmas we went home to NY for the holidays--and had a wonderful time, as usual, of course--then headed off to an unknown land (for both Luz and I): the curious state of Louisiana, and its flagship city, New Orleans. Now while New Orleans was always a city that I thought would be fun to visit, I had never realized just HOW fun, and interesting, and so was really pleasantly surprised...the fascinating French & Spanish colonial history and architecture, the majesty of the antebellum plantations, the spooky tales of ghosts and vampires alike, plus the great food, music, nightlife and all-around positive energy that this uniquely diverse cultural-melting-pot-of-a-city has to offer...and then combine that with the resilience of the people as they still struggle to come back from the catastrophe of Katrina, while never losing their abundantly friendly demeanor in the process!
Check out my Picasa albums for the pics...
