Wednesday, June 3, 2015

New Orleans in January

 In January, we went on another cruise out of New Orleans, but this time stayed at a Hampton Inn by the Convention Center. (Click here for last year's cruise on the same ship) It was in a converted industrial building but our room was very nice.  There were several restaurants close and a small park with art---some of which was dedicated to the victims of Katrina.  It was also the beginning of Mardi Gras so decorations were up.




Taken from the park---entrance to the hotel across the street







Some sidewalk restoration that made it difficult with a wheelchair
 The views below are from our hotel room which was a corner room.  The building below was the convention center and the dock with the ship was behind it.  We were able to park our car there and take a shuttle bus to the ship terminal.



No comments:

Between Two Worlds

Most of my life, I've considered it fortunate that I was just ahead of the Baby-boom. Generally, the Baby-boomers were born between 1946 and 1964 after the fathers returned from World War II. It was a huge population explosion that has reverberated through American society.

This blog will be part history, part memories, part reflections of a retired teacher, but active "Senior". I have always felt like I straddled two generations forming a bridge. Sometimes I think like a baby-boomer, but sometimes I'm locked into my parents' Depression era thinking. I'm a dichotomy of two eras. But, I'm always ready to try something new---so here I am dipping my toes in the water of Blogworld.