Very hot night. Today was museums Architecture and Art Galleries and a few other minor ventures! We had a very good walk in the central park and saw a number of very old 800yr old Oak trees they are still alive in what I would consider such a hostile, if you consider the constant hot temperature, environment. Although as New Orleans seems to be built on a swamp I suppose the oaks after all this time got their feet in the water.
I have to admit that by mistake we visited the Confederate History Museum when we thought we were visiting the one next door. We were watching the welcome video when it dawned on me that perhaps we might be in the wrong place, we were! the museum we wanted was next door. I suppose that for some people the confederate museum is a place of great pilgrimage. Most of the exhibits were as you might expect, civil war related, and were a very sad but poignant reminder of the history of USA.
We then visited the museum next door which was the New Orleans Museum of Modern Art, this was a great disappointment, expensive to get into and a very small collection. Sad.
Slow trip home via a book shop which we were told had a good selection of clock related books, this information proved to be a false lead which was marginally disappointing. A visit to a local stain glass artist 's workshop was very interesting. Out for an early evening meal at a local restaurant very nice.
again a very hot night.
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