Everything in the French Quarter is so old. I mean, everything everywhere in the world is old, but it’s so apparent in the French Quarter. Almost every building has some sort of plaque saying what historically happened in that spot or in that building.

The ones that were really impressive were the ones like Jackson Square, which has been Jackson Square for a couple hundred years (top photo was taken there). Or the Napoleon House which has been the Napoleon House for more than 200 years. Just to think that you can walk through a patch of grass or gaze up at a statue or sit at a table and eat, and that people have been doing that same thing for hundreds of years in that exact spot. That’s amazing to me.

I didn’t eat at Napoleon House, it didn’t look open, but I had muffalatta at Pierre Maspero’s across the street. The 2nd and 3rd photos above were taken there. The restaurant takes it’s name from Pierre Maspero, who ran the slave exchange there a couple hundred years ago.