Neighborhoods & Architecture: Enhanced

Let me start out by saying, that I hope our e-travel guide was helpful to all of our fellow classmates and followers! I know that it helped me tremendously. There were so many times that one of our tour guides would mention something and I would think to myself, "I remember reading about that in my research!" I felt so proud that I actually knew some of what we were being told and could really relate to the information or story that was being told. However, after visiting the wonderful city of New Orleans, I have to say we were almost at a disadvantage having the topic of architecture and neighborhoods. There is absolutely no amount of reading, photos, or maps that can truly explain and describe the city of New Orleans. It's one of those things that you just have to see for yourself to truly understand the beauty of it.
One thing I found interesting was that when researching the different neighborhoods I imagined them to be completely sectioned off from each other and not really connected at all, but this is most definitely not the case. The neighborhoods seem to blend all together.
You can be in one neighborhood one minute and a different one the next and not even realize it. Many of the neighborhoods are simply separated by a street. Now don't be confused, each neighborhood does have it's own history and own characteristics, but the city in general is so culturally rich that no matter where you are there is beautiful architecture and rich culture.
Most of our class time was spent in the French Quarter and while I know the pictures will never do justice I have some personal photos to share of the architecture we were able to see on our trip!