I also got to eat a bug. Can you believe it, I ate a bug. It had some kind of taco seasoning on it. Let's just say I took a huge drink of water afterwards and ate some candy to get the taste out of my mouth. But I DID IT!!!!
A few other things I did on my own was take a trolley car out to the Garden District to see some mansions. A few had some great Halloween decorations.
Also walked around the city to see some famous sights, such as Jackson Square, Cafe du Monde, and Preservation Hall. Waiting to have some beignets, there was a huge line, but it went quickly and was totally worth it. YUMMY!!!
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As a group we got to go visit a Civil War museum and an incredible WWII museum. We also went on an airboat for a swamp tour. Unfortunately, the bigger alligators were making their nests for winter so we only saw smaller creatures.
This is the guy I got to hold, but its mouth was still held shut with rubber bands.
Swamp tour was fun and LOUD!!! I actually held a small alligator. The tour guide had a BIG spider in his pocket that he offered for me to hold, I gently replied NO THANK YOU as I ran away down the stairs.
From the WWII museum, this was President Roosevelt's Speech after Pearl Harbor was bombed.
HALLOWEEN!!!!
The night before Halloween, there was a parade which was, to say the least, interesting. There are some "Interesting" people in New Orleans. Then on Halloween, we went to SHOCK HOUSE, which is this haunted house place that has been open for 21years and this was its last year open. I was really worried about walking through the haunted house, I DO NOT like to get scared. But, I survived. I was dressed as a pirate with a plastic sword. I gripped the sword in front of me the whole time, thinking it would somehow protect me.
Boo Krewe Parade
House of Shock for Halloween night! EEEKS!
Here is my sword to protect me. The haunted house is behind me. It was the longest haunted house I have ever heard of. We were walking inside its maze or corridors for at least 20 minutes.
Plantation Tours
We went on a plantation tour that took us to two plantations. One was Oak Alley Plantation, which looked like your typical antebellum plantation. The other was Laura Plantation, which is a Creole Plantation. I really enjoyed seeing both. The Oak Alley plantation's highlight was the row of Oak trees leading to the plantation. A picture perfect view of what you think a plantation in the south should look like.
Then we went to see Laura Plantation, which is a Creole Plantation. Creole Plantations are not your typical southern plantations. They are colorful and not as big.
Sugar cane was the main crop of both plantations, not cotton like many other Southern Plantations.
One resident was my favorite there. Ahhhh! Cat in a box, nothing cuter.
The last thing I did while in Louisiana was to finally go see a New Orleans cemetery. This is my third time to New Orleans and I had never been to the cemeteries, so I was determined to go this time. Cemeteries here are interesting because you can't bury people below the ground due to the water level in the ground and the fact that parts of New Orleans is below sea level. There are a couple of really popular tombs that people go see. The first is Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau's grave. Many people leave "tokens" hoping to have their wish granted. I left a dollar coin since I had just bought a Louisiana Lottery ticket, only 321 million in the pot.
The other tomb visited quite often is not even "occupied" yet. It belongs to Nicholas Cage who would like to be buried here when he dies. The city of New Orleans, especially the historical society, isn't happy with his tomb because it doesn't fit with the historical décor of the cemeteries.
Those are lipstick kisses all over Nicholas Cage's tomb. Lovely, eh.
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