2004 New Orleans to Natchitoches

2004 US/ICOMOS Symposium
Optional Special from New Orleans

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For those wishing to spend time in New Orleans before or after the Symposium, Tulane University is organizing bus transport, a plantation tour along the way, and lunch on the northbound trek.  The bus will leave New Orleans for Natchitoches on the morning of Wednesday the 24th and will return on Saturday (the 27th) to arrive in New Orleans about 8pm.

$110
Per person, or
$95
Per person for groups of 4 or more people per group
Note: Each individual in the group must be named at the time of booking and the $95 fee must be included for each person in order to receive the group rate.  Additional people can be added to the group at any time.
Cost of the NEW ORLEANS SPECIAL will include roundtrip bus transport and a plantation tour and a great Louisiana lunch on Wednesday, March 24.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24
10:00 am
Bus leaves New Orleans
(pick-up point to be determined)
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Tour of Parlange Plantation in New Roads, Louisiana
Link to NPS Site on Parlange Plantation

This 18th-century National Historic Landmarks, still inhabited
by descendants of the family that built it, is considered to be
one of the finest examples of French Colonial/West Indian
architecture in the United States.  Our gracious hostess,
"Miss Lucy" Parlange, will personally conduct the tour,
along with Dr. Eugene Cizek of the Tulane University
School of Architecture

12:30 pm
Lunch at the Joe Dreyfus Country Store

A favorite among locals, the Joe Dreyfus Country Store is located
in the village of Livonia.  The owner, Diane Major, has put together a sumptious menu of regional cuisine:

Choice of "Sensational Salad" or "Turkey and Andouille Gumbo"
Choice of one of four main courses:
Boneless chicken breast stuffed with crawfish
jambalaya, topped with crawfish etoufee
Creole crab cake
Trout amandine
Pork tenderlion over red cabbage, topped
with sauce Robert
Potato du jour and vegetable du jour
Dessert of bread pudding with rum sauce
Coffee and tea are complimentary
(a cash bar also will be available)
1:30 pm
Bus departs for Natchitoches, Louisiana
4:00 pm
Bus arrives in Natchitoches, Louisiana
SATURDAY, MARCH 27
1:00 pm
Bus leave Natchitoches, Louisiana
8:00 pm
Bus arrive in New Orleans
(drop off point to be determined)

Click here to sign up for the New Orleans to Natchitoches Trip!