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Day 1 - Sunday
So we spent a good night out by the airport and packed everything up. The coffee and pastries at the front desk were very sparse. The coffee was OK, but there was little to recommend in the pastry area.
Got a taxi into town -- shared it with a lady who was in town for a conference (Education Researchers of America, or something like that …
Day 2 - Monday
On our return from Mia's Balcony last night we stopped at the local 24-hour Walgreens and got a Jimmy Dean breakfast bowl for this morning's breakfast for RC. JG had her usual Medifast cappuccino. We had an 8:15 call for the City Tour that we booked yesterday. We were the second pickup. The first was two couples from Pennsylvania near Harrisburg. …
Day 3 - Tuesday
Tuesday -- we were scheduled for an 8:30 pick-up for a Swamp tour. We checked with the concierge desk because we didn't have a confirmation on our booking brochure. Karim (who wasn't the original concierge guy who booked the tour) tried to get us added to that day's trips, but after waiting a half hour for pick up we decided to go to the zoo …
Day 4 - Wednesday
Had an 8am pick up for the Swamp tour with Louisiana Tours, and they arrived reasonably close to the projected time. Besides, we've already paid for this one, so there should be no problems about confirmations.
We drove south and east to get to our starting point and the driver told us what happened to him during Katrina, Very sobering.< …
Day 5 - Thursday
Today is the day to do the French Quarter and hit Elizabeth's for some of that praline bacon!
We packed up and caught the streetcar into downtown. We caught the Canal St streetcar down to the river and then caught the Riverfront streetcar down to the French Market end of the line. From there we walked up Frenchman St. with the idea od …
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Amenities
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Restaurant
- Swimming pool
- Business Services
- Wheelchair accessibility