New Orleans: Beignets and chicory coffee for breakfast! Go see the Preservation Hall Jazz Band too--great music and a great tradition. I can't wait to hear your description upon seeing the Mississippi River--it took my breath away! This is what always sticks in my head when I see the beautiful plantations: the cost in human lives it took to create and maintain those lovely places. Such beauty built on the broken backs of slaves. Such cognitive dissonance it causes...
New Orleans: Beignets and chicory coffee for breakfast! Go see the Preservation Hall Jazz Band too--great music and a great tradition. I can't wait to hear your description upon seeing the Mississippi River--it took my breath away! This is what always sticks in my head when I see the beautiful plantations: the cost in human lives it took to create and maintain those lovely places. Such beauty built on the broken backs of slaves. Such cognitive dissonance it causes...
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