We arrived at the museum right after they opened and stayed all day long. I know you are probably like we were when you look at that photo. How in the world did you stay all day long in that museum? You won't believe the sheer volume of history they packed into three stories of that building.
The rest of the photos in this post were taken by Big Guy. One of the thing that makes the WWII museum so incredible is that there are no replicas. Everything you see was actually in the war. Everything has a story. Despite the fact we were there all day, both hubs and I said we could go back again and spend even more time reading all those personal stories.
I forgot to mention that before we started our tour of the museum we went and saw the 4d movie produced by Tom Hanks called Beyond All Boundaries. WOW! WOW! WOW! You have to see the movie if you go. I definitely suggest seeing the movie before you tour the museum.
After all those hours in the museum we were exhausted so we went to Mother's restaurant and enjoyed a long lunch.
My feet were killing me so I begged the boys to let us go back to the room for a while. After we got there they realized that a big football game was coming on so they decided it was a good idea to stay in for the rest of the night. Ha!
3 comments:
Ooh, fun! One of our favorite places in New Orleans. We've been two times, both before Katrina. In fact, the first time, we only allotted a few hours, and didn't even see a third of the museum. The second trip (just two months before Katrina hit), we allowed the whole day! And we've both said that we feel like we could go back and see more and not be disappointed. I didn't realize they had a Tom Hanks movie, so that sounds like a good reason to go back :)
You guys must love history too, we love these kinds of places and just wish there were more closer to us :)
We've eaten breakfast at Mother's. Their sandwich menu looked fantastic.
Sounds like y'all had a great time. The WWII museum looks fascinating, we'll definitely have to go next time we make a trip to New Orleans. Thanks so much for the kind words on my blog post, it really made my day!
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