More touristing in New Orleans

After breakfast we walked down to Jackson Square and go into the church there.  It is far too reverent for me and I don't stay long. Quite pretty.

Next door is the Presbytere where there is a museum showing the effects of Katrina and upstairs a tribute to Mardi Gras.  The Katrina part is worth a look and very sad to think of how poorly the relief/ food/water was managed for the thousands who were stranded here.  I had forgotten that 1700 died in that 2005 storm.
Each one of these bottles represent a person lost in the storm.

This teddy bear is caked in mud - so much devastation by the storm but in the aftermath, the lack of assistance to the people who were stranded in different parts of the city, without food and water, was abominable.

The other part of the museum is dedicated to the Mardi Gras and shows the history and a lot of costumes.














After we came out of the Presbytere there was a live jazz band playing on the street.  They were good!

People watching is becoming one of my favourite past-times here.  New Orleans is filled with so many diverse cultures and socioeconomic groups.

We went on the hop-on and hop off bus again after visiting here and did the full tour and then went on the Natchez paddle steamer for a dinner cruise.

Pretty tired after that day.