Hey! / How ya doin'?
How locals say hello in New Orleans
Spring (March–May) — Mardi Gras season is February/March
Tip your street musicians — they are the heartbeat of the city. Second lines happen spontaneously.
In 1718, French governor Bienville chose a horseshoe bend in the Mississippi despite his engineers warning it was a swamp that flooded regularly. Napoleon sold the territory to the United States in 1803 as part of the Louisiana Purchase — the fifteen million dollar deal that doubled America's size. The city's unique culture, a fusion of French, Spanish, African, and Caribbean influences, has never fully belonged to any single nation.
New Orleans is below sea level — the city is protected by an 800-km network of levees and floodwalls.
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