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