So a good night's sleep and we're ready to explore. We turn away from the other touristas in the Quarter and climb onto the St Charles streetcar ($1.25) to the Lafayette cemetery. A slow meander shows that early life here was really tough - the crypts, all above ground, record the short lives of most and the endless deaths of infants and babies.
Then we strolled in the shade (close to 23C today - but it snowed here last week!) to the groovy Magazine Street. Rachael, Bev and Karen - here's the target for y'all next year.
As can be expected we forced Finn to endure hours of looking at the antebellum homes up in the Garden District. There are some stunning large mansions; sometimes they look a little grandiose - 1 story bungalows with big pillars.
New Orleans has a great feel. It's very hip and knowing. It doesn't take itself seriously. The city seems to be coming back, and we will too.
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