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| Walking in the French Quarter... |
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| Looking for "junk" we don't need... |
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| Did I mention that it was warm? |
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| Statue of Andrew Jackson in front of the oldest Catholic Cathedral in the US. |
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| Ahhhh, Bourbon St in the daytime... (still a bit dicey) |
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| Doesn't everyone look happy? |
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| Emma sporting the new alligator pin... |
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| Time for our four hour "city" tour of New Orleans... |
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| Started back in the French Quarter... |
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| We had already eaten our fill of beignets earlier in the day. They were delicious... |
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| 90% of people in New Orleans are "buried" above ground. So they don't "pop" back up in the midst of a flood. |
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| Wealthy families on the right, middle class to the left... |
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| Possible relation? |
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| The couple on the left were the other members of our tour and hail from Quebec and speak only French. |
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| Back in the van... |
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| Guess who thought this was the best part of the day? |
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| Part of the tour was a city estate guided tour... |
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| Our guide was a retired secretary from Naval Intelligence.... |
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| The estate is called Longue Vue and the gardens were breathtaking... |
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| The house and it's former occupants were a fascinating story... |
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| Visualize water trickling from the top and ending up in the swirling current at the bottom |
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| Pictures were forbidden inside the mansion... |
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| Downstairs center hallway. 22,000 square feet home.... |
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| A street car that we did not ride.... |
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| Anne Rice's estate before she "found Jesus", sold the house and moved to La Jolla, CA. |
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| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (aka, the house across the street from Sandra Bullock's house) |
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| Of course, this is the Superdome where Michigan won the Sugar Bowl!!! |
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| T'was a long tour but worth every penny... |
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