Guess where?
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Would you believe me if I said New Orleans? ⚜️ .
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The day we left, as we rode back to our hotel in a streetcar, I took this through the window thinking “that’s cute”. Going back and looking at it later, it reminds me of pictures I see overseas of quaint little colorful houses. And while I aim to make it to one of those beautiful places one day, for now I’ll soak up the life I’m living. 💫
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I feel like sometimes we get caught up in comparing ourselves to others, and for me it’s usually with traveling. We don’t travel near as much as most “travel bloggers”. But, then I realize that we travel a LOT more than most people we know. So at the end of the day, I’m going to enjoy blogging our travels and sharing our experiences. Because even if it helps just one person discover some place neat, then it’s worth it. 😊
Did you know that part of the Eiffel Tower is now located in New Orleans? 💫
We stumbled upon this place and thought it was super neat while walking around NOLA.
Established in 2010, EIFFEL SOCIETY is a versatile events venue in New Orleans.
The iconic steel structure and glass walls that are now home of the Eiffel society were once apart of a restaurant that was perched a top a tier of the Eiffel Tower in Paris where trendsetters such as Hemingway, Coco Chanel, and Picasso once drank, dined, and discussed their day.
As time went on however, the sheer weight of the restaurant started to cause the tier’s floor to sink. The restaurant was taken down piece by piece like LEGO’s in 1981 and was shipped to New Orleans in 1984.
It turns out that the restaurant would find a new home, not high above all of Paris, but on the streets of New Orleans. John Onorio and Daniel Bonnot, a famous French chef, got wind of the restaurant’s deconstruction, and paid 1.5 million dollars to ship the freighters containing the restaurant overseas to give the establishment a new start. Despite the rust that accumulated on the parts, and the freighters labeled in French, the restaurant Was reassembled 14 feet in the air and located on iconic St. Charles Avenue.
