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New Orleans has its own dimensional physics: Things that shouldn't take long, do, while things that seem like they'd last a while, don't. For instance: the St. Walking from one end of the Quarter to the other, however, takes maybe a half-hour, tops. The National WWII Museum is immensely impressive, not to mention impressively immense -- you could rightly dedicate a whole day to it. And the amount of time you should wait in line for a Bourbon Street hurricane to-go cup? Zero minutes.

Late spring and early summer, when the weather is at its most pleasant, is prime festival season in the city. Of course, Mardi Gras , which is celebrated every year in February or March on the day before Ash Wednesday, is the festival everyone associates with this city. It's so integral to the New Orleans image it almost transcends the word festival; we can't imagine any other event that is as iconic to a city's identity as Mardi Gras is to New Orleans. Books and dissertations have been written about the complicated history and cultural practices of this event and the way they shape New Orleans. Just barely behind in import is one of the world's great music events: Jazz Fest. It goes down over a period of two weeks in late April and early May, and is catered by some of the best restaurants in the city.

For years New Orleans has been a mecca for everything decadent and alive. A place where music, art, history, food, and people of different ethnicities, nationalities, and sexual orientation mix and mingle like the colors of a Michalopoulos painting. And yet, with all these rich cultural draws, there's still another reason why New Orleans is the 1 Southern destination in the United States: our incredible nightlife. After all, here, every night is a party regardless of whether it's Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest, Halloween or a regular Tuesday.

I would definitely recommend visiting Mardi Gras World it is not an inexpensive ticket , with several considerations - if you don't have a vehicle use the shuttle to get there it's no-cost and Mardi Gras World is in an industrial area, so not easy to If you can't make it to Mardi Gras this will give you a glimpse of what it's like. Lots of history of the parades, how the floats are constructed, etc. The sample of King Cake was a nice touch.