Today we learned a lot about the city and its history. During the cemetery tour we learned about the lived of the different people who have passed away, and during the cuisine tour we learned about the different cuisine and the culture that influenced the different foods. How the city spoke to me today was the importance of family because both tours talked about families and generations of families. In the cemetery tour the tour guide said people families members are buried together and families take care of their tombstone and how people from multiple generations come and visit their ancestors tombstones. In the cuisine tour the restaurants that we visited we owned by families and have been in the same family for generations. I think it is amazing how the families stay so close and businesses stay in the family for a long time. I do not even know who my great grandparent are on my mothers side of the family. I think the culture in New Orleans is fascinating and how close families are. My preconceptions of New Orleans are for the most part correct which is really weird because I pictured New Orleans to be haunted, and spooky, I have always tied voodoo magic with New Orleans so it was interesting learning the history of voodoo and what it actually is.
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