New Orleans

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A small river barge We are now seeing very large ships Another steamboat goes by June as we go under the US-90 bridge as we approach New Orleans Surf and turf for dinner Entertainment in the style of the Lennon Sisters Our hotel in the French Quarter Bourbon Street, jazz nightly Prohibition, home of huge ass beers Iron work on the Royal Sonestra Hotel You can buy beer by the fishbowl here Memorial statues to some of the jazz greats More ironwork Willie's chicken shack NOLA Olde Cookery More ironwork on the buildings Still decorated for Halloween Tropical Isle, home of the hand grenade Bourbon Street was called Calle De Borbon under Spanish rule A pretty house Sign for Preservation Hall The streets were all torn up Marie Laveau's House of Voodoo Pretty blue shutters A typical house in the French Quarter Even the laundryteria has ironwork A restaurant Lots of stickers on the back of a stop sign Horse carriage Ironwork fence with corn stalks Petite Amelie Restaurant Cathedral-Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France A restored building near Jackson Square La Pharmacie Francaise K-Paul's Lousiana Kitchen We start our foody tour at Mahony's We begin with a spicy Bloody Mary Po boy sandwich Our tour guide says the best po boys use Leidenheimer rolls Guy Fieri was here We try the alligator sausage at Dat Dog Next we visit the Rum House Crab beignets Joey K's Broiled oysters with cheese and hot sauce Barmacy, sorry we're open Shrimp etouffee Chocolate cake and a mocha at Sucre Painting of a mouse riding on a cat We wait for the St Charles Street streetcar A strange little motorbike Back to Bourbon Street Monument to the Immigrants Original steamboat Natchez from the 1800's America nas only three cities - New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Everywhere else is Cleveland. Shadow of Jesus on the back of the Cathedral Bourbon Street at night We visit Pat O's on our nightlife tour A flaming fountain Dueling pianos Fritzel's European Jazz Pub Fritzel's house band Signs in German No cover charge Lights around the windows We visit Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop piano bar The bar at Lafitte's A house on Bourbon Street Shutters Very small houses on Bourbon Street The Bayou Saints playing at the 30-90 Club We start a tour of the Garden District A New Orleans bead dog We visit the Lafayette Cemetery The vaults are used over and over again The Jefferson Fire Company vault Plants growing in the walls Garden District house 1 Garden District house 2 Garden District house 3 Garden District house 4 Pretty red flower Garden District house 5 Garden District house 6 A Halloween skeleton dressed in a super hero costume The Commander's Palace Restaurant We see the Superdome as we head to the airport