New Orleans, French Quarter, 2nd day

French Quarter, Bourbon Street, above picture is supposedly the oldest bar in the U.S. we just loved what it looked like

City Park, which is bigger than Central park in NY , it was under 4 feet of water after Katrina, some areas throughout the city were under anywhere from 7-11 feet of water. Some houses/buildings still show the mark, stripe, where the water line was.

Above ground cemetery

Rained last night, but was pretty much done by the time we started our day. Took a shuttle down to the French Quarter and had Chickory Coffee and Beignets at the Cafe Du Monde.

Went to some galleries on Royal Street and then had to meet our bus for our tour of the Katrina Hurricane area. Was surprised to hear the population of New Orleans is down by over 100,000 since Katrina. Can't imagine coming back to your neighborhood and wanting to rebuild when so many people have chosen not to come back. The houses still have the marks on the homes that were made by the national guard after checking each house for survivors. The marks indicated what state the national guard was from, the date it was checked and how many people had perished in each home. There is still so much to be done and it seems impossible to imagine how it can be accomplished. We drove through an area in the ninth ward that Brad Pitt put up 5 million of his own money and got some friends to donate 7 million and they are helping to rebuild an area, all of which the houses are built up high.

After the tour, we had hamburgers at a place that was recommended called Yo Mamas, they were as good as we heard.