Day Four: Inner

Today was full of exciting tours which started in the St. Louise no. 1 cemetery, which is the oldest cemetery in New Orleans. I really enjoyed the history of it and the most interesting thing to me was the fact that the bodies were above ground, rather than be buried. This is because of the extremely high water table in New Orleans. This cemetery was fascinating some of the tombs were so old the name plates had fallen off and some were kept restored or kept in great condition. Marie Laveau is the most popular site there and we learned that there are at least 84 bodies within that one tomb. We also saw Nicholas Cage’s future burial site at this particular Cemetery. Next, we moved on to Congo Square, which is also rich in history. Our guide for the morning was fantastic at telling the stories of Congo Square and seeing the statues and pictures that show what the Square was like made it more surreal. I could image the people congregating and dancing in the square. From one tour to the next we began our cuisine tour after a short break. Back to Tujague's where we began our haunted history yesterday. The history of this restaurant is a bit odd involving an actress from the 1800’s, named Julia, who was also transgender. Her ghost is rumors to haunt the restaurant. The original owners of the restaurant were a married couple and the wife created the famous brisket that we ate and it was so delicious. The other restaurants had amazing food as well but I was more interested in the building themselves. One of the restaurants included a museum of the Mardi Gras dresses of the original owners daughter. It was so cool to see the old dresses preserved and to imagine her dressed in them. We ended our night listening to some Jazz music on Frenchmen street. Unfortunately we were exhausted and did not stay long tonight, but we are most definitely making plans to make our way back and spend more time on Frenchmen Street.