Colorful welcome to the courtyard of our New Orleans tour guide's Bourbon Street home
A few days before Halloween, Husband Walter and I arrived in New Orleans for a two-night getaway. We saw the street musicians below during an after-dinner walk around Jackson Square.
Masked musician
One of them was already in the Halloween spirit.
When I switched to using my camera’s flash, he realized I was focusing on him.
He obligingly faced me and kept on playing.
Playing for the camera in NOLA
Ghost tours, including famous haunted houses and cemeteries,
are offered all year in this city of history and mystery. Hubby and I had done
self-guided walking tours before, but for this NOLA visit we planned to take a guided history tour the day before Halloween and one of the ghostly walking tours later that night.
After more than two hours on the walking tour of French Quarter history yesterday morning, we had lunch then collapsed in our hotel room for
several hours. Abandoning our overly ambitious plan for the ghost walk was a
mutual decision.
Scary clown
Instead we took a leisurely walk through the Faubourg Marigny neighborhood just adjacent to the French Quarter. We were a bit early for all the music club action that draws New Orleans and out-of-town music enthusiasts to Frenchmen Street.
As we headed back toward the French Quarter and our hotel, we
threaded and bumped our way through oncoming musicians with their instruments. They were on their way to set up for scheduled gigs in the clubs.
Frenchmen Street Halloween art
It was enjoyable
being a part of that energetic and vibrant milieu. It was also challenging and
exhausting.
Walking is fun and great for my stroke recovery, but so is adequate rest. I was thankful we were close to our hotel instead of on a
second two-hour walking tour.
A Louisiana community keeps eyes on U.S. 90 Halloween travelers.
Halloween 2013 has given me a happy supply of fun.
Hope your Halloween has been happy and fun, too!
Hope your Halloween has been happy and fun, too!