Idk how I found this video but that is me in the mustang! I’m a senior this year and I live not far from Houma’s House we go there all the time we was passing because I just took senior pictures pretty cool to see my car on video lol
Thanks from all of us who lived through Katrina. A special thanks to all who came to our assistance. As we Southerners often say "We are all kith and kin."
Marie, your reaction to the Katrina hurricane memorials and how emotional you were reminds me of your video of the time you visited the D-Day memorials in France. You are REAL. And I love that.🥰
I’ve stayed in those cabins, and I thought the cool thing was that they are floating. The 4 posts on the sides keep it in place as the water level rises up and down.
Katrina was nothing short of a monster storm. The devastation was frightening. Thank you Marie for paying your respects. Your visit to Ponchatoula and Houmas House was stunning, so beautiful.
The saddest part is that New Orleans and LA knew full well that the dikes and levees were in danger. Dutch engineers had worked with them and warned them of the impending dangers. Alas, the Dutch were sent home and the monies allocated to fix the problems were, instead, diverted to upgrade the roads. Months later Katrina hit.
@ Exactly. The reality was that the mayor cared more about getting re-elected than taking measures to safeguard citizens. The public had little-to-no knowledge of the dire situation with the dikes and levees and were vocally upset about their bad roads. Instead of being a leader and explaining the difficult and expensive repairs and upgrades that needed to be done, he just decided to roll the dice on disaster. He wasn’t the only foolish official but he was at the top.
When Katrina hit, I was living in a Houston suburb. I helped with the refugees who escaped from New Orleans, most of them very poor. I'm so proud of our local officials who welcomed our neighbors. Dallas was not welcoming, but perhaps because they have never suffered through a hurricane like we have. I don't know how many of these people from New Orleans went back home, but many stayed in Houston. It was an awful disaster, but still not as many dead as the storm that wiped out Galveston and killed over 6000 people in 1900.
We (me, wife, & son) lived in Lakeview when Katrina struck. So did my brother, his wife, & their son, my wife's brother and his wife, and her sister and her husband. All of us lost our homes, BUT we suffered no personal tragedies - and "things" can be replaced.
I came down from Ohio with my family and a church group to spend a week helping a contractor build a house for a family in the 9th ward which was hit the hardest. It was in the middle of summer and the heat and humidity literally put my daughter and a young priest in the hospital. Stay hydrated, it's no joke. I'm happy to see the city rebound like it has, it was a great place to sightsee, what little we could do was awesome. The French Quarter was amazing.
I wasn't living in my hometown of New Orleans when Katrina hit, but when I came home to visit my parents over the holidays that year, they took me to the 9th Ward and Lakeview to see the devastation in person. I have never been shaken to my core and filled with such sadness in my life like I was that day. I still have the photos I took that day on my computer, it's almost impossible for me to look at them without my heart being ripped out again. We New Orleanians will never forget.
Bonjour Marie -- I'm the woman that lived very close to where you were staying when you visited my home state of Connecticut. I went to all the same places you went to Shady Glen, Reins, UCONN, Willington Pizza and Mansfield Drive In. Now you're in another of my favorite areas of the country. Years ago my husband and I started in New Orleans and took a paddlewheel trip up the Mississippi River up to Memphis, Tennessee. We went to Houmas House absolutely loved it! There's a series of three old movies that started with one called North and South. They used Houmas House as the home that the female lead lived in once she was married. So I remember that plantation very well. I also visited The Oaks Plantation and The Myrtles (haunted house, I had quite a visit there.) 👻 We had a fabulous trip on the river and visiting all kinds of places along the river. I remember driving across Lake Pontchartrain and New Orleans and the French Quarter are just so much fun. Great food, I can still remember the taste of the beignets at Cafe du Monde. My favorite restaurant Commander's Palace up in the Garden District. Loved Red Beans and Rice and Shrimp Etouffe. Makes me really want to go back there. Enjoy your trip (or I hope you enjoyed your trip since you've already headed home.) I'll be looking forward to watching the videos of the rest of your Louisiana trip. Have fun!!!
Saw the title. Born and raised in LA, I felt the need to comment. If you're unsure on how to pronounce something, being that it is LA, you're pretty safe pronouncing it the french way. Thanks for video!
@@jaernihiltheus7817No. the greater New Orleans accent (which is really about 30 accents in a 30 mile radius around NOLA) is not a Southern Drawl. It is a very distinct accent that is more like New York (with some Boston thrown in) than anything else.
@@NOLAgenX I live an hour away from Kenner, I know. I'm not talking about a NOLA accent but rather the general southern lousiana accent (not cajun, creole, or southern).
It's going to be 75 here on Christmas day. We get some very weird swings here in the bayou state. Some years we have 70s and 80s for Christmas, and some years (rarely) we have snow and ice and everything is frozen.
Thank you so much for sharing your adventures with us . I will say once more ... I'm glad you visited with us in the Deep South. We hope you will return soon!
You and Danny did and excellent job on this video. Danny was Top Shelf as a tour guide. You are a Top Shelf producer. That is a perfect combination for doing a perfect travel video. ❤❤ I never went on a long river boat trip but I did go short trip down river on the Natchez. We saw the Battle of New Orleans and a Plantation Mansion. ❤
Those 60's vintage Mustangs, like all classic cars built before 1971, are a completely different driving experience than our current cars. I drive a 1966 Pontiac. The transmission shop a year ago did a fantastic job on the automatic and what a difference a new torque converter makes! The transmission shift lever is on the right side of the steering column, and that is all it does. It sets the transmission. The turn signal lever is on the left side of the steering column, and all it does is operate the turn signals. I pull a knob out to turn on the headlights. Rotate this same knob to turn on the dome light. For highbeams, there is a dimmer switch operated by the foot on the floorboard under the parking/emergency brake pedal. This car is very easy to drive. 1960's cars are so easy to drive that many prefer them with manual transmissions so they have something to do other than steer, brake and accelerate! If you ever get the opportunity, Marie, you should drive a vintage Mustang or other vintage American just to experience a car that you actually DRIVE, without all of the computerized gizmos that make you feel like you have to take astronaut training for 3 months just to learn how to drive!
I especially like the Resto-mods. Taking an old chassis and completely rebuilding the suspension, putting a modern engine into it, keeping the interior classic but updating seating, instrument panel, and other bits with a combo of modern and old.
I visit New Orleans about twice a year and yet you've showed me a Katrina Memorial I didn't know about, a beautiful plantation house I've never visited as well as many other beautiful sites; alongside places I've been like The Velvet Cactus and Angelo Brocato's. You and Danny truly captured the heart of Louisiana.
Hi, I lived about 5 miles from Bayou Segnette Park when Katrina hit. Our home was devastated. I loved your LSU cap (my alma mater) and your stop at Angelo Brocato's. One of my favorite stops in New Orleans.
I have to imagine that you have an amazing amount of gorgeous photos from your travels across America the last few years. You should maybe think about making a Photography "Coffee Table" Book that showcases all your amazing captures along the way. People would buy that in a heartbeat!
I grew up just about 7 to 8 miles from the Houmus House. I also love Mustangs. I actually took a picture of my 1968 Mustang in front of Houmus in the early 80s. I've toured that house many times. If you drive the river road from Baton Rouge to New Orleans there are so many Beautiful Antebelleum Homes on both sides of the river. I've been in most of them. They are amazing.
Best travel vlog on YT! Every video captures the essence, beauty and uniqueness of the places visited and as always your fascination with Mustangs. Enjoyed this one a lot.
😂 Merci, Northern Danny. I’ve been a student of turkey 🦃 talk for a long time now. I won’t repeat what they were telling me - for this is a family show, but they were being very rude! 😂 🦃
WOW! That's so cool. You deserve to experience such a grand place like that. Yes, I have ridden the paddle-wheel boat out of New Orleans a few times. It was a lot of fun. I'm so happy that you are getting the full tour of Louisiana. It is so amazing to see you touching everything in your room. LOL, just like a little child. LOL, you made me laugh. SO COOL. I know you will remember this all for a lifetime. One day you can bring your mom, and you can be her tour guide. Thank you so much for sharing your new experiences with us all. Stay safe and as always, have fun. The cottages on the bayou are very nice. I would love to have a place on the bayou just like those. 🤠
I hope the next time you visit, you stay in the Lafayette area, since now you seen the New Orleans area plus some. There's plenty opportunities to encounter a different variety of Louisiana culture there, and more chances to speak French with a Louisiana speaker. I love seeing you finally visit here, it's been great!
Bonjour Marie! Wow, what an interesting video. Starts and ends with tours of places you stayed, and sandwiched in the middle is some good info about Katrina. Thank you for sharing! P.S. I'm still hoping to see you try some crawfish/crawdads at a restuarant like right out of a bucket, lol! Bonne journee! ~Be Blessed
It's almost a shame that you had to pull out those sheets in order to sleep in the bed. I would be so reluctant because of how nice the room is. Glad you were able to make the most of all that southern hospitality. Looking forward to the next one! 🍻🐊⚜️🇺🇸
Bringing back a memory. That giant bowl at the plantation cottage was used in sugar production. I always thought those were cool and hadn't seen one in years. And the trees!
My parents went on a riverboat cruise (the kind with the paddle wheel in back) for their anniversary. It was on the Tennessee River, starting in Chattanooga. I forget the name of the boat, but it was HUGE, and beautiful! You should definitely put that on your list of things to do in the future!
"Hey" from the Tampa bay area of Florida, USA. Hope ya doing super ! Enjoyed the heck outta ya video and look forward to the upcoming video when ya continue to explore Louisiana. I so envy ya get to do so much travel in the USA. Well done and Kudos to ya travel friend providing the valuable background information and guidance. Have fun and be safe. :)
@@FrenchTasticExplorations 🤷🏻♂️ I hope you are?… Back with family and friends. Planning your next adventure? Or Are you still missing your Mustang? 😂😂😂
I wasn't expecting you to go Ponchatoula lol. I went to school there. Family is from New Orleans. Moved to an unincorporated area around Ponchatoula and Hammond. I live in Hammond now, which is the college town just north of Ponchatoula.
Great series so far Marie!! It may be your best yet. Or maybe I appreciate it more since I live down here.;) The FTE Drone is a very welcome addition. You probably already know about "le Grand Dérangement" and how the Acadians became Cajuns, but if you'd like more depth I highly recommend "A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland" by John Mack Faragher. Also, everybody is right, Danny is doing a great job!
In your Morning drive you passed a Lafayette Street. The Marquis Lafayette was a US revolutionary War hero. He also played a role in the French Revolution. He was a teenager during. In 1824-25 he was invited by President Monroe to visit the US. He visited all 24 states & everywhere he went he was greeting wildly enthusiastic crowd. The city of Fayetteville was named for. In World War I when the US Army reached France the US commander purported said “Lafayette nous voici”
I'd just got out of tech school to be a lineman and let me tell you I remember going down to Louisiana after Katrina like it was yesterday. I've been doing it for years now and I've never seen devastation on that magnitude since. I've seen more condensed tornado damage but nothing like Katrina on scale.
Houmas house is just down the road from me. I know the owner. My dad also works there. If I'd had known you were coming I could have gotten you a personal tour.
It was not Helen nor was it the second hurricane. That was the third hurricane that hit the Gulf Coast. But luckily it landed a good distance west of the city, in an area that wasn't very populated, and I believe it was a level one. So it didn't do much damage.
you should take a trip into Texas and into the "hill country" . This area was settled by Germans in the 1830s but you can still find many folks who speak German having learned it from their elders.... Houston is mainly industrial but massive, then as you head west, the terrain becomes hilly and western...In West Texas there are some large mountains (. 8000-9000 ft.) and the terrain changes dramatically. I have granddaughters and grandsons your age and they love the Hill Country.
Enjoyed you video Marie! Glad you were able to make it to my neck of the woods. Ive driven that flooded Lake Rd many times. One of my favorite places. Did you make it all the way to the lake? There is an old lighthouse on the lake very pretty. Its the lighthouse in Benjamin Button movie with Brad Pitt. Looks like you had a great time!
There are two reasons Louisiana stays warmer than France. It is a lot further south than France, Louisiana is around 30degrees North while France is in the 40 to 50 degrees North (Paris France is 48degrees North). And also France, Spain etc get cool winds from the Atlantic Ocean.
My brother lived in Guam , they said geckos in your house meant good luck , but he said evey house had gecko so it was one way to make it seem tolerable.. guess they eat lots of flies so thats a plus...
Looks like a place to stay there at the end of the video and yes. Thanks for paying respects to the Karina souls. Oh and as for taking a trip with Viking like that I never have but I’m sure I’d like it. Safe travels Marie
Marie, You have to visit Oklahoma and check out the Oklahoma City monument from the Oklahoma City bombing. I went to it back on October 2020 before Halloween and it was very emotional
The next time you are in Louisiana you should go through Cajun Country! Visit places like Mamou,Pierre Part and Eunice! You can find a map of Cajun Country by searching Acadian Parishes! There are 9 of them that about 15% of the population speak Cajun French and the rest of the parishes in Cajun Country about 5% of the population speak it! If you go there I would guarantee you would be totally welcome there!
6:13 The streets in New Orleans have ALWAYS been like that, lol. That's what happens when you build a city in a drained swamp! Not that there's anything wrong with that, it is what it is.
@FrenchTasticExplorations I so look forward to this! My sense is that it is difficult for a Frenvh person to understand Quebecois French; even more so with Cajun French.
Idk how I found this video but that is me in the mustang! I’m a senior this year and I live not far from Houma’s House we go there all the time we was passing because I just took senior pictures pretty cool to see my car on video lol
Wow, what a coincidence! That’s a nice car.
No wayyyyyyy 😆😆 your Mustang is GORGEOUS!
Thanks from all of us who lived through Katrina. A special thanks to all who came to our assistance. As we Southerners often say "We are all kith and kin."
Since you’re in the south, gotta give Danny some southern props. That boy done did you right, rightch thurr!
Marie, your reaction to the Katrina hurricane memorials and how emotional you were reminds me of your video of the time you visited the D-Day memorials in France. You are REAL. And I love that.🥰
I’ve stayed in those cabins, and I thought the cool thing was that they are floating. The 4 posts on the sides keep it in place as the water level rises up and down.
And you don't really feel it! Besides when big boats pass and it moves just a bit 🚣 such a cool place!
Katrina was nothing short of a monster storm. The devastation was frightening. Thank you Marie for paying your respects. Your visit to Ponchatoula and Houmas House was stunning, so beautiful.
Fun fact. If not for Katrina Oklahoma City wouldn't have a NBA team
The saddest part is that New Orleans and LA knew full well that the dikes and levees were in danger. Dutch engineers had worked with them and warned them of the impending dangers. Alas, the Dutch were sent home and the monies allocated to fix the problems were, instead, diverted to upgrade the roads. Months later Katrina hit.
@Boathole66 and the mayor tried to pass the blame to Bush for the slow response
@ Exactly. The reality was that the mayor cared more about getting re-elected than taking measures to safeguard citizens. The public had little-to-no knowledge of the dire situation with the dikes and levees and were vocally upset about their bad roads. Instead of being a leader and explaining the difficult and expensive repairs and upgrades that needed to be done, he just decided to roll the dice on disaster. He wasn’t the only foolish official but he was at the top.
@Boathole66 yeah he bears a lot of the responsibility but that issue had been kicked down the road for too long because politicians were afraid
When Katrina hit, I was living in a Houston suburb. I helped with the refugees who escaped from New Orleans, most of them very poor. I'm so proud of our local officials who welcomed our neighbors. Dallas was not welcoming, but perhaps because they have never suffered through a hurricane like we have. I don't know how many of these people from New Orleans went back home, but many stayed in Houston. It was an awful disaster, but still not as many dead as the storm that wiped out Galveston and killed over 6000 people in 1900.
We (me, wife, & son) lived in Lakeview when Katrina struck. So did my brother, his wife, & their son, my wife's brother and his wife, and her sister and her husband. All of us lost our homes, BUT we suffered no personal tragedies - and "things" can be replaced.
I came down from Ohio with my family and a church group to spend a week helping a contractor build a house for a family in the 9th ward which was hit the hardest. It was in the middle of summer and the heat and humidity literally put my daughter and a young priest in the hospital. Stay hydrated, it's no joke. I'm happy to see the city rebound like it has, it was a great place to sightsee, what little we could do was awesome. The French Quarter was amazing.
The Katrina devastation still brings tears.
Oh wow that big mansion was rad. Looks just like the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland. Also that ice cream shop looked magical.
I wasn't living in my hometown of New Orleans when Katrina hit, but when I came home to visit my parents over the holidays that year, they took me to the 9th Ward and Lakeview to see the devastation in person. I have never been shaken to my core and filled with such sadness in my life like I was that day. I still have the photos I took that day on my computer, it's almost impossible for me to look at them without my heart being ripped out again. We New Orleanians will never forget.
really good travelogue and the choices of background music were super!!
Yay 😇 thank you!
Bonjour Marie -- I'm the woman that lived very close to where you were staying when you visited my home state of Connecticut. I went to all the same places you went to Shady Glen, Reins, UCONN, Willington Pizza and Mansfield Drive In. Now you're in another of my favorite areas of the country. Years ago my husband and I started in New Orleans and took a paddlewheel trip up the Mississippi River up to Memphis, Tennessee. We went to Houmas House absolutely loved it! There's a series of three old movies that started with one called North and South. They used Houmas House as the home that the female lead lived in once she was married. So I remember that plantation very well. I also visited The Oaks Plantation and The Myrtles (haunted house, I had quite a visit there.) 👻 We had a fabulous trip on the river and visiting all kinds of places along the river. I remember driving across Lake Pontchartrain and New Orleans and the French Quarter are just so much fun. Great food, I can still remember the taste of the beignets at Cafe du Monde. My favorite restaurant Commander's Palace up in the Garden District. Loved Red Beans and Rice and Shrimp Etouffe. Makes me really want to go back there. Enjoy your trip (or I hope you enjoyed your trip since you've already headed home.) I'll be looking forward to watching the videos of the rest of your Louisiana trip. Have fun!!!
My family has been in the deep South for nearly 400 years and in Louisiana since 1700. Thank for taking me home a bit.
Saw the title. Born and raised in LA, I felt the need to comment. If you're unsure on how to pronounce something, being that it is LA, you're pretty safe pronouncing it the french way. Thanks for video!
Yep, it's pretty much just a French pronunciation with a southern american drawl, usually
@@jaernihiltheus7817No. the greater New Orleans accent (which is really about 30 accents in a 30 mile radius around NOLA) is not a Southern Drawl. It is a very distinct accent that is more like New York (with some Boston thrown in) than anything else.
@@NOLAgenX I live an hour away from Kenner, I know. I'm not talking about a NOLA accent but rather the general southern lousiana accent (not cajun, creole, or southern).
It's going to be 75 here on Christmas day. We get some very weird swings here in the bayou state. Some years we have 70s and 80s for Christmas, and some years (rarely) we have snow and ice and everything is frozen.
Thank you so much for sharing your adventures with us .
I will say once more ... I'm glad you visited with us in the Deep South.
We hope you will return soon!
You and Danny did and excellent job on this video. Danny was Top Shelf as a tour guide. You are a Top Shelf producer. That is a perfect combination for doing a perfect travel video. ❤❤ I never went on a long river boat trip but I did go short trip down river on the Natchez. We saw the Battle of New Orleans and a Plantation Mansion. ❤
Those 60's vintage Mustangs, like all classic cars built before 1971, are a completely different driving experience than our current cars.
I drive a 1966 Pontiac. The transmission shop a year ago did a fantastic job on the automatic and what a difference a new torque converter makes! The transmission shift lever is on the right side of the steering column, and that is all it does. It sets the transmission. The turn signal lever is on the left side of the steering column, and all it does is operate the turn signals. I pull a knob out to turn on the headlights. Rotate this same knob to turn on the dome light. For highbeams, there is a dimmer switch operated by the foot on the floorboard under the parking/emergency brake pedal. This car is very easy to drive. 1960's cars are so easy to drive that many prefer them with manual transmissions so they have something to do other than steer, brake and accelerate!
If you ever get the opportunity, Marie, you should drive a vintage Mustang or other vintage American just to experience a car that you actually DRIVE, without all of the computerized gizmos that make you feel like you have to take astronaut training for 3 months just to learn how to drive!
I especially like the Resto-mods. Taking an old chassis and completely rebuilding the suspension, putting a modern engine into it, keeping the interior classic but updating seating, instrument panel, and other bits with a combo of modern and old.
You were about a mile away from my house when you were in Bayou Segnette.61 years in Marrero, Louisiana. Born and raised .
From Baton Rouge Louisiana. Velvet Cactus great food and Margaritas.
THANK YOU for sharing your WONDERFUL adventure! 👍☺
Thanks for watching! ☺️
Another great video Marie!
I visit New Orleans about twice a year and yet you've showed me a Katrina Memorial I didn't know about, a beautiful plantation house I've never visited as well as many other beautiful sites; alongside places I've been like The Velvet Cactus and Angelo Brocato's. You and Danny truly captured the heart of Louisiana.
La Louisiana, c’est si belle!
That was a long day. You drove right by my house when you came across the Causeway and headed toward Ponchatoula. Small world!
Hi, I lived about 5 miles from Bayou Segnette Park when Katrina hit. Our home was devastated. I loved your LSU cap (my alma mater) and your stop at Angelo Brocato's. One of my favorite stops in New Orleans.
Some beautiful scenery and the houses look great. You had a high class bungalow. November 3rd was my 73rd birthday. I am glad you had fun on that day.
Happy very belated birthday!🎉
@@FrenchTasticExplorations Thank you.
I have to imagine that you have an amazing amount of gorgeous photos from your travels across America the last few years. You should maybe think about making a Photography "Coffee Table" Book that showcases all your amazing captures along the way. People would buy that in a heartbeat!
Your smile when you were eating that ice cream was priceless 😂
Very good video.The story of Katrina is very impressive like the viking Mississippi🌅🌅🌅🌅...
I grew up just about 7 to 8 miles from the Houmus House. I also love Mustangs. I actually took a picture of my 1968 Mustang in front of Houmus in the early 80s. I've toured that house many times. If you drive the river road from Baton Rouge to New Orleans there are so many Beautiful Antebelleum Homes on both sides of the river. I've been in most of them. They are amazing.
Best travel vlog on YT! Every video captures the essence, beauty and uniqueness of the places visited and as always your fascination with Mustangs. Enjoyed this one a lot.
Wow, thank you! 😇
I agree, plus Marie is just delightful and fun to watch. She makes everyplace seem special!
Another beautiful video Marie, as always. Love your channel!!!
Thank you so much! 😁
Always great to see you Marie, thanks for sharing more of Louisiana with us!
Wow Marie. Another great trip you've taken. You're a lucky young lady. Thanks for taking us with you. ❤😊
That’s awesome
great pictures
Houmas House looked really nice! I'd love to visit sometime. And shoutout to southern Danny for his turkey impressions! 😂
😂 Merci, Northern Danny. I’ve been a student of turkey 🦃 talk for a long time now. I won’t repeat what they were telling me - for this is a family show, but they were being very rude! 😂 🦃
WOW! That's so cool. You deserve to experience such a grand place like that. Yes, I have ridden the paddle-wheel boat out of New Orleans a few times. It was a lot of fun. I'm so happy that you are getting the full tour of Louisiana. It is so amazing to see you touching everything in your room. LOL, just like a little child. LOL, you made me laugh. SO COOL. I know you will remember this all for a lifetime. One day you can bring your mom, and you can be her tour guide. Thank you so much for sharing your new experiences with us all. Stay safe and as always, have fun. The cottages on the bayou are very nice. I would love to have a place on the bayou just like those. 🤠
I hope the next time you visit, you stay in the Lafayette area, since now you seen the New Orleans area plus some. There's plenty opportunities to encounter a different variety of Louisiana culture there, and more chances to speak French with a Louisiana speaker. I love seeing you finally visit here, it's been great!
Bonjour Marie! Wow, what an interesting video. Starts and ends with tours of places you stayed, and sandwiched in the middle is some good info about Katrina. Thank you for sharing! P.S. I'm still hoping to see you try some crawfish/crawdads at a restuarant like right out of a bucket, lol! Bonne journee! ~Be Blessed
great video! glad you enjoyed our state!
Ya that was a great hotel room and four poster bed
It's almost a shame that you had to pull out those sheets in order to sleep in the bed. I would be so reluctant because of how nice the room is. Glad you were able to make the most of all that southern hospitality. Looking forward to the next one! 🍻🐊⚜️🇺🇸
Hi Marie, you surely know how to upload nice videos of your adventures. Keep them coming😍
10:25 ...i Scream You Scream We All Scream for Ice Cream🍨!!!🎶🎶🎶
Houmas House is awesome. Y’all are in my neck of the woods now.
Born on the Bayou ✌️🇺🇸
Bringing back a memory. That giant bowl at the plantation cottage was used in sugar production. I always thought those were cool and hadn't seen one in years. And the trees!
16:40 that’s a Viking river boat. You’re lucky you stumbled on that.
Peacocks were used on Farms & Plantations as Security Alarms ,,,as well as Ginny Hens🌎
My parents went on a riverboat cruise (the kind with the paddle wheel in back) for their anniversary. It was on the Tennessee River, starting in Chattanooga. I forget the name of the boat, but it was HUGE, and beautiful! You should definitely put that on your list of things to do in the future!
Excellent video, thanks Marie
I’ve never been on a long trip on a riverboat but been on the rides that last a few hours and attended a wedding on one once too.(always a good time)!
"Hey" from the Tampa bay area of Florida, USA. Hope ya doing super !
Enjoyed the heck outta ya video and look forward to the upcoming video when ya continue to explore Louisiana. I so envy ya get to do so much travel in the USA. Well done and Kudos to ya travel friend providing the valuable background information and guidance.
Have fun and be safe. :)
Great video. I've never been on a cruise ship before but I know people who have. That last place in this video was beautiful.
Beautiful area. Thanks for sharing. Stay well and safe.
Thanks for sharing your adventures. Hope things are good now that you are back in France.
Am I? 🤔
@@FrenchTasticExplorations 🤷🏻♂️ I hope you are?… Back with family and friends. Planning your next adventure? Or Are you still missing your Mustang? 😂😂😂
@@StMyles I need my Mustang 😭
@@FrenchTasticExplorations 😂😂😂…
ya, our relatives had to evacuate to East Texas ahead of Katrina.
It is actually a "canal wall" on the 17th Street canal.
I wasn't expecting you to go Ponchatoula lol. I went to school there. Family is from New Orleans. Moved to an unincorporated area around Ponchatoula and Hammond. I live in Hammond now, which is the college town just north of Ponchatoula.
Too bad you didn't go there during the Strawberry Festival.
At 15:08 that was a syrup kettle with the water in it.
Very cool things to see. I know I'll never go and visit. Thanks for posting.
Hopefully you go see where the battle of New Orleans took place. That cabin on the Bayou wasn’t far from it.
i drove my chevy to the levee
Crazy, my mom was born in a shack in Burnside, not far from Houmas House!
The Herron(GreatGrey maybe) outside the window is a sign of good luck🌎
Marie. In New Orleans they have a Ghost Tour of the city. If you're interested
Marie the brown pelican is the state bird for the state of Louisiana
I think you mean the state bird.
3:36 I live right next to that Winn-Dixie
Great series so far Marie!! It may be your best yet. Or maybe I appreciate it more since I live down here.;) The FTE Drone is a very welcome addition. You probably already know about "le Grand Dérangement" and how the Acadians became Cajuns, but if you'd like more depth I highly recommend "A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland" by John Mack Faragher. Also, everybody is right, Danny is doing a great job!
I live 2 blocks from that water line you were touching in Lakeview :-)
In your Morning drive you passed a Lafayette Street. The Marquis Lafayette was a US revolutionary War hero. He also played a role in the French Revolution. He was a teenager during. In 1824-25 he was invited by President Monroe to visit the US. He visited all 24 states & everywhere he went he was greeting wildly enthusiastic crowd. The city of Fayetteville was named for.
In World War I when the US Army reached France the US commander purported said “Lafayette nous voici”
Nice!
I'd just got out of tech school to be a lineman and let me tell you I remember going down to Louisiana after Katrina like it was yesterday. I've been doing it for years now and I've never seen devastation on that magnitude since. I've seen more condensed tornado damage but nothing like Katrina on scale.
Houmas house is just down the road from me. I know the owner. My dad also works there. If I'd had known you were coming I could have gotten you a personal tour.
Curious if that storm you showed at 13:12 was Helene? if so, thats the first hurricane of two within a month that tore up the west side of Florida.
It was not Helen nor was it the second hurricane. That was the third hurricane that hit the Gulf Coast. But luckily it landed a good distance west of the city, in an area that wasn't very populated, and I believe it was a level one. So it didn't do much damage.
Merci beaucoup Marie for this vlog
you should take a trip into Texas and into the "hill country" . This area was settled by Germans in the 1830s but you can still find many folks who speak German having learned it from their elders.... Houston is mainly industrial but massive, then as you head west, the terrain becomes hilly and western...In West Texas there are some large mountains (. 8000-9000 ft.) and the terrain changes dramatically. I have granddaughters and grandsons your age and they love the Hill Country.
Enjoyed you video Marie! Glad you were able to make it to my neck of the woods. Ive driven that flooded Lake Rd many times. One of my favorite places. Did you make it all the way to the lake? There is an old lighthouse on the lake very pretty. Its the lighthouse in Benjamin Button movie with Brad Pitt. Looks like you had a great time!
We turned around pretty quickly! My friend just wanted to show me how the roads can get flooded with just the wind 🙂
There are two reasons Louisiana stays warmer than France. It is a lot further south than France, Louisiana is around 30degrees North while France is in the 40 to 50 degrees North (Paris France is 48degrees North). And also France, Spain etc get cool winds from the Atlantic Ocean.
My brother lived in Guam , they said geckos in your house meant good luck , but he said evey house had gecko so it was one way to make it seem tolerable.. guess they eat lots of flies so thats a plus...
A la prochaine!
Looks like a place to stay there at the end of the video and yes. Thanks for paying respects to the Karina souls. Oh and as for taking a trip with Viking like that I never have but I’m sure I’d like it. Safe travels Marie
Katrina not karina Oops sorry
Two scoops are standard.
Why are more people not liking the video. Please smash the like button.
Marie,
You have to visit Oklahoma and check out the Oklahoma City monument from the Oklahoma City bombing.
I went to it back on October 2020 before Halloween and it was very emotional
The next time you are in Louisiana you should go through Cajun Country! Visit places like Mamou,Pierre Part and Eunice! You can find a map of Cajun Country by searching Acadian Parishes! There are 9 of them that about 15% of the population speak Cajun French and the rest of the parishes in Cajun Country about 5% of the population speak it! If you go there I would guarantee you would be totally welcome there!
Oh I sure did! Stay tuned for the next videos 😎
Now Marie KNOWS why we love our state... sorry.. her state so much😂 since she has now claimed all of it as hers😂😂😂
🎉Kick ass job Dan🎉
in their current form strawberries were developed in France by crossbreeding a couple of different kinds by accident in a royal garden
Is that a Chateau?
She isn't in France.
Sure looks like it! 😁 they call it a mansion
I love that you have made it to the state of my birth. Have you run into any French speakers?
Yes! I did a video about it that will be out soon ☺️🇫🇷
6:13 The streets in New Orleans have ALWAYS been like that, lol. That's what happens when you build a city in a drained swamp! Not that there's anything wrong with that, it is what it is.
Tell them about the barge that broken loose and crashed into the levee
I have to get the new administrations social media team to reach out to you for the culture exchange program!🙏
Marie, I'm curious if you heard any French being spoken by locals in Louisiana? If so, how much different is it from your beautiful Parisian French?
I did! I also did an interview enterely in French/Cajun French with someone. It will be in the next videos 🙂
@FrenchTasticExplorations I so look forward to this! My sense is that it is difficult for a Frenvh person to understand Quebecois French; even more so with Cajun French.
16:47....Perfect Digz to collect your thoughts reEnergize grab some grub down some suds'r do What'Evs Nice'n Low🔑
Have you. Considered becoming one of us ? Friends and family would enjoy visiting and getting to know what you know. We would be blessed to have you.
Maybe one day!