New Orleans cont...

During the tour we also took a little pit stop. When we started we were given this little sticker that would get us a free soda when we stopped and so...here I am!

It was after the tour that Prof. Hanson and Prof. Costley started to get sick, so when they went to their rooms Michelle and I hit the town! We did some shopping and walked around A LOT! We really got to know the french quarter! We had a blast. This is a picture of me by Harrah's casino. We never went in, we were too busy doing other stuff, but they did have nice palm trees.

And of course what would New Orleans be with out trying their famous Beignets (pronounced ben-yeahs) We just got them to go and sat down on a bench to eat them. This is all that was left. You can also see my new kicks that I purchased earlier and I was really happy I did, because I wore them a lot!This is one of the many beautiful balconies that they have in the french quarter. This one was across from Cafe du monde. It's kind of dark, so I apologize.

Thursday, Shelly had a class in the morning and Kami was so sick, so Michelle and I went shopping again and then to the aquarium. This was taken in the entry way of the room "Coral Reef". Lots of fishes that are found in the Coral reef. Then we moved up to the Amazon Jungle room. There were a lot of plants and even some tucans, but unfortunately, our journey ended here. We got a call from Kami telling us she needed us back at the hotel ASAP. I must admit I was bummed. Mostly because they have an exhibit that you can pet baby sharks. And that's what I wanted to do most. Luckily, however, because we were only in there like 20 minutes, we were able to get a refund, so we were happy with that.After going to the hotel and helping Kami, we were sent on a mission to find velcro for our poster. However, there is something you must know about New Orleans...everything closes about 5, unless it's on Decatur, or Burbon street and unless it's a resuraunt. I'm sure you've all heard about Burbon street, thus the reason for it remaining open and Decatur is the main street that runs parallel to the river and lots of tourist shops are located there. So we had to find a hardware store that was open, mind you, we left the hotel at 5. So after asking a few people we found there was a hardware store on Burbon street, so we headed down there to find it. We did take a bit to take a picture for proof that we were there. We found the hardware store and were so glad that it didn't close until 6pm (yeah!) and were able to purchase some velcro.

This is a better picture of a balcony.

That night we drug Kami out of the hotel and went to dinner. Then Shelly wanted to see the night life on Burbon street, so we headed down there again and fortunately don't have any proof of us being there then, because anything we would've taken a picture of that would be appropriate to post anywhere would be the sidewalk. :) It was fun to see the band that we found in a bar called Fat Cats, but other than that, it was just trashy!

Friday morning we had to set up or poster board for our presentation and before presenting we went to Cafe du Monde for Shelly to try a beignet. On the way back Michelle made a command decision (finally :) ) to buy this piece of luggage she had been eyeing since we got there. Truthfully, it's easy to spot on the baggage claim! And it's really cute!

Stay tuned for more...for now...I'm tired.