Homegrown, unique, and thoroughly wonderful, Louisiana has a character all its own. "[It's] is another country," local historian Charles Chamberlain says. "But you better see it soon; who knows how long it’s going to last.” By the time Thomas Jefferson bought the land from Napoleon in that 1803 geopolitical fire sale, he explains, this French colony was well populated with French and Spanish immigrants, refugees from Haiti, and Congolese slaves, all of whom had seeded the land with their cultures, foods, and traditions. Here's a look at New Orleans.
from Intelligent Travel http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2014/10/20/louisiana-three-ways-nola/
from Intelligent Travel http://intelligenttravel.nationalgeographic.com/2014/10/20/louisiana-three-ways-nola/