This is our first visit ever to New Orleans. We came armed with tons of advice, our AAA Tour Book, four or five maps, walking shoes, summer clothes and the SONY digital camera. Water bottles, sunglasses, sunscreen, a sweater, coin change (recommended for the trolley) and a back pack are options worth considering. We headed for Cafe du Mond where I got powdered sugar all over my black pants from the still hot beignets (not complaining they were delish)! Then a three hour Gray Line Tour. This included one of the famous cemeteries, Katrina devastation (still) and evidences of recovery, the Garden District, City Park with a wonderful sculpture garden which we saw and an art museum (saved for next trip), Magazine St., the business district, and virtually the whole city. It was in an A/C
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