I know that when we looked out the window, we could see the roof of the Superdome. Maybe it was the Hyatt-Regency? It has been so long ago, now. What I do remember is that there were schedules and free shuttle busses to take people to tour the main attractions. Maybe Copa, you could call one of the hotels and ask for an internet site they recommend regarding what to see in New Orleans. Everyone there was so friendly and warm. The food was so good, and the pastry and coffee.
We were told not to wear expensive jewelry. One night, we were walking with another couple (also white people). A Black man took the husbands aside and told them not to go further with their women. That the neighborhood we had wandered into was not safe, for us, after dark.
I have always been amazed that he would do that, for all of us.
So, whatever you and M do there in New Orleans, remember what that nice man told us, and to keep safety in mind.
http://www.bestneworleanshotels.com/new-orleans-superdome.html
So, this is what I found, from what I could remember of where we were in New Orleans.
We were very comfortable there.
Copa? I don't know how you feel about the writer Anne Rice, but The Witching Hour is set in the Garden District. The novel wanders through the history of Storyville (the French Quarter red light district), and of the quadroon balls, and of the churches there.
I wish I could remember which church it was we toured. There is a story that the voodoo people, who were also Catholic, had somehow arranged to have a statue of a Saint who represented a voodoo magician ordered by the Church. When it arrived, no one at the Church knew which Saint it was, so the statue was placed in an out of the way place. There was much activity surrounding this unknown Saint. The truth was discovered, and the statue was removed.
I just always loved that story.
I think they might have told us about the statue on the tour.
Cedar
