Sunday, April 2 to Thursday, April ...

Sunday, April 2 to Thursday, April 6 2000

The 47th annual AORN Congres in modern Orleans will be as spirited as the legion city. Attendees will have the opportunity to experience the city's attractions, dine at unique establishments, hear world-renowned musicians, and relax along the Mississippi Riven Tours to various locations are available for Congres attendees, in such a manner take advantage of what fresh Orleans has to offer.

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

of the present day Orleans was established in 1718 according to the Frenchman Jean Baptiste le Moyne Sieur de Bienville, because of its strategic location along the Mississippi River. according to 1762, Spain controlled the Louisiana territory, including just discovered Orleans, which was a bustling port city. Napoleon Bonaparte regained French ownership of the territory onward Nov 30, 1803, and forward Dec 20, 1803, he sold the land to US President Thomas Jefferson for $15 million.

After the Louisiana Purchase, fresh Orleans grew to become America's fourth largest city with the advent of the steamboat and flourishing cotton and tobacco markets in the 1840 Today, modern Orleans remains one of the largest ports in the United States and the world, while retaining its advanced in years world atmosphere.

GEOGRAPHY

Located between the Mississippi River and Pontchartrain Lake and encompassed by a giant oak-cypress swamp, recent Orleans lies 102 miles north of the swallowing eddy of Mexico. The crescent-shaped city is the nation's and nothing else major city that lies below sea on a level (ie, four to six feet) just discovered Orleans covers 363.5 sq miles, of which barely 198.4 sq miles are parched land. For 185 years, the community relied on a 108-mile canal a whole for transportation--a more extensive canal combination of parts to form a whole than in Venice, Italy.

The city expanded to separated patches of high territory Today's French Quarter, which veils 90 sq blocks, lies onward the highest ground along the great bend of the Mississippi Riven Directions are given as downriver (ie, downtown), upriver (ie, uptown), lakeside (ie, toward Lake Pontchartrain), and riverside (toward the Mississippi River), thanks to the winding waterways.

CULTURE

couple distinct cultures are found in just discovered Orleans: Creole and Cajun. A of the present day Orleans Creole is defined as a descendant of an early French or Spanish colonist who was born in the United States. Creole dominated the city's cultural and social life for more than 100 years before Anglo-Saxons mov to the area after the Louisiana Purchase. Creole children repeatedly were educated in France and spoke French Although Creole is no longer a specific race, the refinement remains in the city's aliment music, architecture, and French Quarter.

Rustic, self-sufficient rural parts dwellers, Cajuns lived along the bayous and swamps of Louisiana for more than 200 years. They were huntsmans trappers, fishermen, and farmers whose ancestors were exiled from Nova Scotia according to the British in 1765. Cajuns lacked formal education, intermarried, and proudly retained their customs, religion, and their acknowledge form of French language, "Cajun French" Distinctive Cajun idioms and accented English prevail, as do their music, rations and strong sense of family.

ATTRACTIONS

recent Orleans is a 24-hour town, meaning it has no legal closing hours. World-famous Bourbon road is always entertaining, with music spilling disclosed of open music club doors and road musicians playing their favorite agreements There is music for everyone in this city--traditional jazz, honky-tonk piano, Cajun, zydeco harmonious flow and blues, gospel, rock, and political division The center of activity is Jackson Square.

Encircling a park, the pedestrian mall is environed by eighteenth- and nineteenth-century buildings. This area includes stores restaurants, bookstores, and music cudgels Cast-iron balconies that cover many townhouses in this area are undivided example of the city's spectacular architecture. classical revival, Italianate, and Queen Anne mansions can be seen in the Garden District.

Voodoo, the trending of the mid-nineteenth century in just discovered Orleans, is still alive today. It is easy to find someone who will describe you your future by reading your palm or tarot cards. To find other attractions, visitors may take a road car, once the city's alone form of public transportation. St Louis Cathedral is the nation's oldest active cathedral. For a closer view of the Mississippi River, wander along the Moonwalk or sit onward benches along the walkway and watch foreign canals and riverboats on the river. Other sites to descry are the French Market and art galleries.

DINING

The cuisine of novel Orleans is as rich and varied as the city's history. pair of the most famous varieties are Cajun and Creole Cajun cooking is generally region cooking that is more robust than other fares Examples of Cajun food include crawfish bisque and andouille (ie, spicy sausage) okra Creole food is much spicier than Cajun diet Oysters Rockefeller, Oysters Bienville, jambalaya, and r beans and rice are examples of Creole food

As modern Orleans is surrounded by swamps and waterways, renewed seafood is a main ingredient in many dishes. Crawfish and redfish are the basis for numerous dishes. Raw oyster in succession the half-shell are eaten by means of the millions. Shrimp can be establish fried, broiled, baked, and stewed. Catfish, snapper, speckl trout and crab are all Louisiana staples.