Good Times

Well, our trip was absolutely wonderful. We walked Bourbon Street (although both the husband and myself preferred Royal over Bourbon - we were there during the Southern Decadence festival, so it was bumpin' all over); ate many, many beignets; bought lots of goodies; visited 2 antebellum plantations - one a part of the National Park System and the other a house in Vicksburg used as a Union hospital during the siege - supposedly the 3rd most haunted house in the United States); visited the "Barber of Natchez" house; went to lots of very moving, old cemeteries; gorged ourselves on tons of excellent food; and enjoyed spending all the time we could savoring one another, and the fact that we didn't have to be at work!

On a side note though, it was unbelievable how much of New Orleans still looks like Katrina just hit yesterday. It was one of the most powerful, and upsetting sites I think I've ever seen. Here's one of the photos we took:

And this is just one building out of hundreds and hundreds that looked so forsaken. It's all so mind-blowing really. I cannot even begin to fathom all the destruction in that city. Seeing the parts we saw just made me even more awe-struck, and I know we only saw a very small slice of it.