Happy Thanksgiving! And for us Kiwis it was our first in the USA!
We treated ourselves to a sleep in this morning, while coverage of the Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade was being broadcast live from New York City. Sadly our 3:30pm (it was a BIG lazy day for us!!) rolled around we soon found ourselves at local restaurant ‘Red Fish Grill’ on the world famous Bourbon Street for our Thanksgiving Dinner. The meal consisted of the traditional Thanksgiving treats, like turkey, veggies and pumpkin pie. But being the ‘Red Fish Grill’, they also provided some great seafood choice as well. Being a buffet meal we made the most of it. We haven’t been so full for so long!
That night we finished as traditional Thanksgivings do…by going on a Ghost Hunt! New Orleans is steeped in spooky history and is considered one of the most haunted cities in the United States! This made a fun evening for us as we joined ‘Haunted History Tours’ and headed around the French Quarter in the dark!
We were lead to hot ghost spots around the city including a haunted bar, where the ladies were warned not to spend much time in the bathroom – especially when doing makeup – as stories have circulated about a ghost that haunts the bathroom and shoves you!
Another highlight was visiting what is known as New Orleans most haunted building. There were plenty of gory stories about the building, including slaves being kept underground and their fingernails markings found, people being tortured and murdered and even a lady jumping off the second story balcony to her death. Reports have been made that this ghost can still be seen on the balcony; in fact we were able to snap a photo of the balcony and on inspection of the photo found a round ‘orb’, which our guide suggests that a supernatural being was present in the photo! Believe it or not – it was great fun. And a little fact – that haunted house is now owned by actor Nicholas Cage. He doesn’t sleep there – in fact no one does – but uses the mansion for dinner parties!
We slept with one eye open this evening…..
