Who Dat in Nawlins?

We've been in New Orleans visiting Megan's brother, his girlfriend (also named Megan), our nephews Tyler and Sean, and Megan's parents who were also in town. First impression of New Orleans: HOT! Summertime is no time to be here, 90+ degrees and 70+% humidity equals constant swampiness. Secondly, people love their Saints and the Who Dat nation is in full effect.

The Cajun/Creole food is really good; collectively we've eaten Po'Boys, Gumbo, Jumbalaya, Red Beans and Rice, Crawfish Etouffee, and Andouille Sausages. Also, no open container laws, it's strange to see people walking around with Hurricanes and Tall Boys, especially at 10am. We also drove around the Garden District that has a lot of interesting architecture, as well as areas hit by Hurricane Katrina. There is still a lot of renovating going on to this day. The following are some of the sites we've seen:

This is Oak Alley Plantation, a plantation home from the antebellum period. It was a working plantation for sugar cane that sat on 1,200 acres. There are 28, 300 year-old Louisiana Live Oaks that create an alley, where the plantation gets its name.

A donkey and carriage in front of a quintessential French Quarter building with its veranda and wrought iron balconies.

We ate some tasty Biegnets covered in powdered sugar at the famous Cafe Du Monde.

Megan and I in front of Saint Louis Cathedral, a historic Catholic Church in the French Quarter.

New Orleans is an old city and has a number of cemeteries. All of the tombs/graves are above ground because they would otherwise float away due to the water table that sits below the ground.

Us outside the River Walk, a mall along the Mississippi River.