What I Did For Summer Vacation (in February) #8

Day Eight (Sunday)

Off the ship by 8:30 (toting our own luggage), picked up the rental car (van) and headed for the French Quarter to meet Stefanie and Kinsey for our 10 am tour.  Nice plan, except for the Rock N Roll marathon rolling through the part of the city that we were in.  We got trapped, literally, inside the route these marathoners were running and had to park quite a ways away from our intended destination.  We rode the streetcar into the French Quarter and met up with the girls.  We then ate some bennettes (sp?) and hot chocolate at Café De Monde.  We wandered around and shopped for a couple of hours, ate some gator cuisine and then started our tour of the French Quarter.  More wandering and shopping.  We then met Bradon at the Casino and then had some authentic New Orleans food at Mother’s.  Back to the hotel for more visiting and to send Bradon on his one and one half hour drive home.