After a fabulous week in Nashville we were ready to be back in NOLA for a month of just “living’ in our favorite city.
World renowned beignet from Café du Monde
Back in NOLA for a month
You read that correctly. After almost an entire year of traveling this spectacular country of our, New Orleans is still our favorite city! There is nothing that I can put my finger on as a reason for that. But I do know that as soon as I saw the skyline come into view, my entire body relaxed. I was coming HOME.
This amazing rig pulled in across from us at Three Oaks and a Pine RV Park
We see all sorts of strange RV drivers in our travel. This is one of our faves!
One of our favorite NOLA artists, George Rodrique’s Blue Dog Sculpture on the main drag in Metairie
NOLA was welcoming us with open arms. Just like in the cities that we have actually lived in, we could visit with friends, go to our favorite restaurants and enjoy the music that we love – Jazz.
When we were in NOLA last October the streets were sparsely populated, there was no music playing on every street corner and no artists displaying their work in Jackson Square. Covid-19 had taken its toll on this vibrant city. And that made us sad.
Street performers have returned
Musicians at Jackson Square in the French Quarter
Want to have your palm read or buy artwork? It’s all there in Jackson Square
But now that we were back in NOLA for a month, from April 15 – May 15, I am very elated to report that New Orleans was alive again. This is a city where the people celebrate life each and every day through their music, art and food. It filled us with great joy to be able to enjoy the sights and sounds that we have grown to love so much.
Fabulous food
Most of you associate New Orleans with amazing food. It is most definitely a place to eat your way through. And that is just what we do while there.
World renowned beignet from Café du Monde
Fried Oyster Po’ Boy from Domilise’s
Hot Smoked Sausage Po’ Boy at Domilise’s on Annunciation
Our first day there started off with fabulous beignet from Café du Monde. Then came lunch at Domilise’s where we sat outside at a little café set and devoured our Fried Oyster Po’ Boy and Hot Smoked Sausage Po’ Boy both fully dressed, of course. And then for dinner we picked up some delicious soup from Rouse’s Market along with a loaf of really good bread. And that was just the first day!
St. Louis Cathedral
St. Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square
Even this tree trunk can be viewed as beautiful art
We also took a stroll around Jackson Square which is anchored by the iconic Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis. St. Louis Cathedral, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans and is the oldest cathedral in continuous use in the United States
It made us so happy to see the art and hear the music again at Jackson Square!
History
Founded as a Catholic Parish in 1720 along the Banks of the Mississippi River in New Orleans. It is now one of NOLA’s most notable landmarks, the St. Louis Cathedral parish Catholic church was dedicated to Louis IX, the sainted King of France. It was perhaps the first building in New Orleans of “brick between posts” founded as a Catholic Parish in 1720 along the Banks of the Mississippi River in New …
There have been 14 archbishops of New Orleans since 1850. Ten archbishops and three bishops are buried in St. Louis Cathedral, the most recent being the legendary Archbishop Philip Hannan, who died in 2011. Bishop Leo de Neckere was the first bishop buried in the Cathedral in 1833.
The lush gardens in the park at Jackson Square.
After a little shopping along the Square we headed back to Ladybug to settle in for our month in our beloved New Orleans.
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