As I wandered the streets of the Vieux Carré (aka the French Quarter) on my recent visit I was so thankful that it had survived after Hurricane Katrina a decade ago. What a tragedy it would have been to lose all of this – this history, this architecture, this joie de vivre that is NOLA (New Orleans,Louisiana). These 78 square blocks date back to French rule but actually most of the buildings were built by the Spanish. And now folks from all over the world flock here to laisser les bons temps rouler... keep reading