I think we were there for three days and two nights, Copa. Everything will be very different now. The things I most remember are the coffee, the cemetery tour and the church, the pastry shop. We saw the aquarium. We rode the paddlewheel steamship and heard jazz and that was something I have never forgotten. We were in the packed streets at night and, though it was not Mardi Gras when we were there, people on balconies in the French Quarter were throwing beads for women to lift their shirts.
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It would not have to be a long trip at all, I wouldn't think.
Maybe, research the restaurants online, and find some sites about New Orleans and what to see.
We saw a wild haired, bare footed female violinist on the street, Copa. We saw mimes, and people were reading tarots on the streets, too.
The policemen are very nice. People everywhere feel open hearted and kind of biatchy and cynical at the same time.
I think you will always be glad that you were there.
French is spoken there like a second language almost.
But everyone there is definitely making a living, and when we are tourists there, it is best to stay with our people, and to carry a map, and to know where we are.
Cedar
