Time Travel

Sadly there are no time machines, but as I was walking through The French Quarter in New Orleans I didn't feel like I needed one. It was amazing how the buildings could still look dated but have a modern edge to them. (The modern edge being air conditioning and a fresh coat of paint.) Walking through The French Quarter is the closest thing to time travel I will ever get. Awe the beauty of walking through history. It's ssssooooo much better than walking through a museum because you don't have to stop and read another card about why that pen is significant to history. No you are walking through history and you can listen to the stories people know about certain buildings. You can touch things! Granted it's a brick wall, but usually you don't get to touch things in museums.

The shops some of them look old and have that vintage vibe that makes you think about what it would be like to live in that time period. However some of the shops are just plain stores that have hats in them...but some of them are the Voodoo shops. Scary I know, but so tempting. I had to drag my family into some after my dad's speech, "You don't mess with Voodoo." (Modified version.) Those shops are really fun, and they smell good which is a plus side because some parts of the city reek of rotting garbage. The French Market is awesome. I have to say that I was tempted into getting a mask and it is cute. I did want a Voodoo doll but my request was denied. Maybe I will get a Voodoo doll on Tuesday... Or an old feather pen with a cup of ink! Nerdy I know, but so cool!

I love the old timey feeling I get when I write with a calligraphy pen I can't imagine having to dip my pen into ink! That feeling is like time travel. It makes you think more about how things were and what you would have done. Speaking of which tomorrow we will be going on a swamp tour and a plantation house tour. Walking through the plantation house will take me back to the past. I'm sure I will cringe when I see the bowl that they would keep under there bed as a toilet. I always do. In that case I am glad we don't have time travel machines because I don't think I could hover over a pot in the middle of the night.