"Two Visits - 54 Years Apart" Top 5 Page for this destination New Orleans by grandmaR

New Orleans Travel Guide: 4,875 reviews and 7,058 photos

1950

New Orleans carriage with Blackie in 1950

My first visit to New Orleans was when I was 12 and in the 7th grade. In addition to this picture (which my dad took - the horse's name was Blackie and he was pulling a scarlet carriage), the chief things I remember were pralines, the street cars on Canal street, the grillwork on the balconies of the French quarter (and the Garden District), the above ground tombs in the cemeteries, and eating in a fancy restaurant on Bourbon Street and at the Courtyard of the Two Sisters

When Bob was transferred to the base in New Iberia in 1960, we did not visit New Orleans.

2004

New Orleans from the ferry

So this year when I found an inexpensive hotel right off Canal Street, we flew in and spent a week in New Orleans and another 3 days out in the New Iberia area.

We rode the streetcars up and down Canal Street, along the water front and out to the Garden District. We took a city tour that included the cemeteries. We went to the Audubon Aquarium (although it was too cold and windy for us to want to take the J. J. Audubon in the picture out to the Audubon zoo). We walked around Jackson Square, and in the French Quarter, and shopped at the French market. We ate New Orleans food and we took the free ferry over to the Algier's Point.

We also took a boat ride up to the site of the Battle of 1812, and a tour which included both the Oak Alley plantation and the Jean Lafitte swamp.

Additional photos and descriptions are under
Algiers (Mardi Gras World)
Chalmette (Battle of New Orleans site)
Garden District
Jean Lafitte (Swamp Tour)
Jean Lafitte National Historic Park - French Quarter Unit
and Vacherie (Oak Alley)

Pros and Cons

Pros:Food
Cons:Weather
In a nutshell:Almost like another country

Last visit to New Orleans: Dec 2004
Intro Updated Jul 2, 2005
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Comments (16)

windoweb Jun 6, 2010 at 4:42 PM Report Abuse

We will be here next month. Thanks for the tips. I especially love coffee and want to go to Cafe du Monde.
DEBBBEDB Nov 14, 2009 at 11:57 AM Report Abuse

The 1950 pictures of the horse carriage are amazing. You are so lucky to have pictures from back then.
xaver Nov 10, 2009 at 6:52 AM Report Abuse

it must be an amazing experience to go back in a city you had been 50 years before, great N.O. tour.
BigEasyLover May 7, 2009 at 4:27 AM Report Abuse

I hear the StayBridge Suites Hotel is a nice and if the St. James Cruise will bring you to and from the zoo. I noticed the VISITicket, that sounds great, but no info for St. James cruise Pls advise what I should be looking for. Tks Sharon
volopolo Mar 21, 2008 at 1:45 PM Report Abuse

Great pictures and information. Excellent page
mandysjazzy Apr 15, 2007 at 3:08 AM Report Abuse

CANT WAIT TO GET BACK HOME FOR GOOD EATS
kschatterbox Apr 10, 2007 at 1:05 PM Report Abuse

I love Cafe Dumond. You know after years of not being there I still dream about the taste of them!!
TRC123 Feb 22, 2007 at 12:42 AM Report Abuse

Hey, Your shrimps made fir in my belly, I gonna have shrimps tonight, of course with a mug of beer. Cheers TRC
skywalkerbeth Dec 23, 2006 at 5:20 PM Report Abuse

Love Uglesich's! is it still there?
aemilys Nov 15, 2005 at 7:25 AM Report Abuse

Excellent photos!! and thank you for putting such accurate captions on them. I think I'll have shrimp tonight.