New Orleans French Quarter

The French Quarter in New Orleans is always buzzy and full of colour and life.  Street performers abound and they manage to be more eye-catching than elsewhere.  Here are some that captured our imagination.

What is he sitting on?

Just a fabulously colourful appearance.

The little yellow car above morphs into a person - a live transformer.

Saxophonist by the riverside.

According to Lonely Planet a Sicilian immigrant in 1906 invented the mufuletta sandwich - a round, seeded loaf of bread stuffed with ham, salami, provolone cheese and marinated olive salad that is roughly the size of a manhole cover.  We ate it at the Central Grocery at 923 Decatur St where it is still the best place in town to get it.  It makes a wonderful lunch.

A couple of street shots.

The Musical Legends Park where we had coffee and beignets at Cafe Beignet while listening to some easy jazz.



We are staying at the wonderful Bayou Segnette State Park which is the BEST state park we have stayed at. It is very reasonably priced with free showers, laundry and wi-fi.  It is amazing to find such a wonderfully priced camping place so near a big city.  And there is a swimming pool too which would be lovely in the summer.  It is a very well laid out camping park.  It is a pleasure to stay here.