Garden District

Currently in: New Orleans
Next Up: Beaumont then Corpus Christi, TX

We were finally able to get out and see some sites beyond Bourbon Street.  A stroll down Saint Charles Avenue was just lovely. Here are a couple of the beautiful homes we saw.

And they are getting ready for Mardi Gras!

We also saw several streetcars run down the middle of the street.  The line on Saint Charles Avenue is the oldest continuously operating street railway system in the world!

After lunch and some window shopping on Magazine Street, we checked out Lafayette Cemetery1 dating back to 1833.

Since NOLA is located below sea level, bodies in their cemeteries are buried in tombs above ground. Many cemeteries are in disrepair so the Archdiocese has launched Save Our Cemeteries to fund a restoration.