We got up early on Mardi Gras to get a good viewing spot for the Zulu parade.
Carnival costumes.
Professor Longhair was memorialized on one of the floats.
Even the Beatles made an appearance.
People lining the balconies on Bourbon St.
Local cuisine fitting for the festivities.
The necessary picture of St. Louis Cathedral.
Art car.
Beautiful balconies.
We visited the Ursuline Convent, the oldest building in the city.
Nice shotgun houses in the Fauborg Marginey.
Here is a school with its pre-Katrina sign welcoming students that never returned.
I was a little surprised to see the Hindu Pantheon, but I guess that they like to celebrate as well.
The girls on the corner of Bourbon and Esplanade.
Another beautiful balcony.
After Mardi Gras, we visited more plantations including the famous Oak Alley.
In a funny coincidence, Oak Alley was featured on the cover of the National Geographic Traveler that we received in the mail a month before our trip.
I told the girls that this photo looks like it is a promotional for some evening television drama.
A less elaborate house across from the Mississippi River.