In my eighth year of school I was introduced to the Francophone language for the first time. I quickly grew attracted to the romance of it, and in my studies I learned of New Orleans. At first, I presumed that, today, most of the inhabitants spoke the language but after some research I realized I was wrong. Still, the more I read the more intrigued I became. It was just last July that I took a trip unlike any others I had taken before. My boyfriend of one year took me to Louisiana to discover the historic French Quarter in the famous city of New Orleans, and I was not disappointed. The farthest I had ever been from home was Traverse City, Michigan which was approximately nine and a half hours away (a difference of about four hours). Of course
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It maintained a warm climate and had a beautiful open water view of the Mississippi River. There wasn’t any swimming but there were many other notable attractions to keep a person busy. The streets were worn out from decades of history, pedestrian streetcars scooted down the boulevard, the restaurants and museums displayed influence of various cultures, steam boats floated along the river providing tourists with a unique escape into history on an endangered structure, and smells of gumbo and pralines flirted tenderly with my senses. I have never been to such a distinctive location before and it goes without saying that I was extraordinarily impressed. Throughout time New Orleans has collected many different nicknames. Known as The Big Easy, The Crescent City, and NOLA; but what do I call the …show more content…
In the surrounding areas of the Quarter there are remarkable plantations, renowned museums such as the WWII Museum, creole cooking schools, swamps, bayous, alligator farms, and much more that are all open for those who are looking to expand their horizons and knowledge. I was barely able to scrape the top of my list because there were so many entertaining opportunities from the Arts District, to Bywater and Marigny, and even across the river to Algiers, which is accessible by a relaxing ferry
It maintained a warm climate and had a beautiful open water view of the Mississippi River. There wasn’t any swimming but there were many other notable attractions to keep a person busy. The streets were worn out from decades of history, pedestrian streetcars scooted down the boulevard, the restaurants and museums displayed influence of various cultures, steam boats floated along the river providing tourists with a unique escape into history on an endangered structure, and smells of gumbo and pralines flirted tenderly with my senses. I have never been to such a distinctive location before and it goes without saying that I was extraordinarily impressed. Throughout time New Orleans has collected many different nicknames. Known as The Big Easy, The Crescent City, and NOLA; but what do I call the …show more content…
In the surrounding areas of the Quarter there are remarkable plantations, renowned museums such as the WWII Museum, creole cooking schools, swamps, bayous, alligator farms, and much more that are all open for those who are looking to expand their horizons and knowledge. I was barely able to scrape the top of my list because there were so many entertaining opportunities from the Arts District, to Bywater and Marigny, and even across the river to Algiers, which is accessible by a relaxing ferry