Saturday 1 April 2017

New Orleans - day two

Our New Orleans Airbnb
As a result of the time difference we were awake for an exhausting 22 hours yesterday before we finally turned in for the night.

The same time factor meant that we were awake very early, and ready for breakfast at the nearby cafe, Bayou Breakfast, when it opened at 7am.

Frogs legs and alligator
sandwiches were both on offer on the menu but we stuck to more conventional breakfast fare before heading to the historic French Quarter of the city on one of New Orleans' streetcars, (what we in BritSpeak would call trams).

The sun was shining, the temperature was in the mid 80s, and the beautiful centre of the city was thronged with visitors.

French Quarter
There is music everywhere in this wonderful city, including in the bar where we had lunch listening to this brilliant groups of young jazz musicians:


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