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The day started when Kim sent Spencer in to wake us up – a favorite task of any 2 year old. The word was that we needed to be “on the road” by 9:00.  OK, I guess we’re going somewhere for breakfast. At the appointed hour we loaded into cars and headed off to Moore […]

Following breakfast we had one last class – a review of Carnival. Our instructor: t talked about traditions and presented slides showing some of the standard and some of the crazy sights to be seen. She also gave out “throws” as prizes. Following this last session we checked out of our room, left our luggage

We start this morning with a look at some of the artwork that has been gracing us this week: This morning we hurried thru  breakfast this morning so we could bet to the World War II museum on time for our 9:00 showing of their excellent (produced and narrated by Tom Hanks) film about WW

Following breakfast this morning we had a lecture on the architectural history of New Orleans. Then we got on the bus and rode out to the “Garden District” to take an architectural walking tour There are some beautiful houses in the district (west of downtown, firmly in the “American sector”) Our route took us along

First of all, we’re fine. We got back to our room really late this evening so I’m still downloading pictures.  I’ll add them later, along with more of an account of our day’s activities.  Until then, here’s the outline: Breakfast – Check Lecture on Literature related to New Orleans – how the city shaped the

After breakfast we gathered in the conference room where our coordinator, Mary Lyn, gave us marching orders for the day. Then she turned the time over to Brian Altobello who walked us thru 300 years of New Orleans history in 2 hours.   Along the way he dealt with the standard stuff (the French who

Mardi Gras World is a warehouse down by the river that is the base of operations (and storage) for the family business that builds the floats (and hosts many of the parties) for Krewes that put on parades during Carnival season. The basics: Carnival season runs from Epiphany to Fat Tuesday.  We generally think of

The first “official” function today was “check-in” with the local Road Scholar coordinator at 4:00 this afternoon.  That left much of the day “free” for us to explore. We started the day by, well, not starting the day.  We slept in.  However, we did get up and out the door in time to walk 3

Since we were flying at a civilized hour we had time this morning to take care of the “leaving on a trip” tasks – Vacuum, Bathrooms, etc. Dave’s limo service arrived (early) just after 10:30 and whisked us away to the airport (Thanks Dave!) where we enjoyed a leisurely lunch at Parilla Grill before wandering