The tour also included stops at a cemetery and Caf\u00e9 Du Monde. \u00a0Burial in the cemeteries is above ground in tombs.\u00a0 New Orleans is 8 feet below sea level and the water table is right at the surface.\u00a0 The tombs are beautiful and I have included a photo.\u00a0 Caf\u00e9 Du Monde is a must stop place according to most sources.\u00a0 It is famous for its tasty beignets and coffee.<\/p>\n
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The tour also took us into what is called Uptown New Orleans.\u00a0 This area is just south of the French Quarter and is quite a contrast.\u00a0 Some of the homes are mansions and the whole area is beautiful.\u00a0 As a side note, most folks, myself included, think the famous Mardi Gras parade is in the French Quarter.\u00a0 It is not.\u00a0 It actually follows part of the St Charles streetcar route in Uptown New Orleans.<\/p>\n
Our hotel stay has been a bit of an experience.\u00a0 We (actually, Stampin\u2019 Up!) had reserved a \u201criver view\u201d room.\u00a0 That would be in the east tower.\u00a0 However, it was closed because of water and AC problems.\u00a0 They put us in a nice handicapped room in the west tower.\u00a0 It had a good view of Canal street and was OK with us \u2013 until we discovered that we did not have hot water.\u00a0 They then moved us to the now open east tower and we have an incredible corner room on the 28th<\/sup> floor that overlooks both Canal Street and the Mississippi river.<\/p>\n Views from our room — Mississippi River (top) and Canal Street (bottom)<\/p>\n The rooms are not terribly expensive (about $140 group rate) but they get you in other ways.\u00a0 For example it is $45 per night to park the car.\u00a0 The internet is $12.95 per day.\u00a0 Breakfast is $25.\u00a0 You get the idea.\u00a0 Fortunately, I can use my cell phone hot spot for the internet.\u00a0 The elevators are really interesting.\u00a0 You enter your floor number in a keypad in foyer and it tell you what elevator to take.\u00a0 When you get on the elevator, there are no button to push.\u00a0 It takes you to the floor you entered.<\/p>\n Pat has been attending her conference the past few days.\u00a0\u00a0 Thursday was an evening event and the main events were Friday and Saturday.\u00a0 This is a conference for the higher-level demonstrators so the attendance is much smaller than the general meetings of the past.\u00a0 That said, she thinks there are around 600 folks from all over the world attending.<\/p>\n The weather has been crazy.\u00a0 On our trip down here, we went through the Ft Worth\/Dallas, TX and Jackson, MS areas.\u00a0 Both had substantial flooding shortly after we passed through and were the subject of national news.\u00a0 I think I heard that one of the areas got 11 inches of rain in one day.\u00a0 The Texas area had been suffering from a major drought before all the rain hit.\u00a0 We have hit some pretty bad rainstorms, but it has not been a huge problem.\u00a0 We did buy an umbrella and had to use it a couple of times.\u00a0 The rain has kept the temperature in the 80s so it has been bearable albeit very humid.<\/p>\n Again, this has gotten a bit long so I will stop here and probably add more details in the next post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello from New Orleans, LA Part 3 Sunday August 28, 2022 (Fifth post of this travelogue) On Thursday we took a great van tour of the downtown part of the city.\u00a0 It mentioned that it would include the French Quarter.\u00a0 … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/beltguy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/View-out-of-Marriott-room-window-e1661639561910-288x300.jpg\")
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