Destination

We have finally arrived at our destination. Stepping off of the train was amazing. The weather was so much nicer than I had ever expected. We got off of the train and had to go inside the train station to get the luggage that was checked in. Everyone was so nice and the artwork inside the train station had a lot of untold stories that we will hopefully know more about by the time we leave here in one week. As a group, we decided it would be easier for us to walk from the train station to the hotel. Perhaps because none of us slept very well, the 8 blocks to the hotel seemed like 2 hours. A mental note was taken that we will be returning to the train station via cab instead of walking. Once at the hotel we were able to take a quick shower and change our clothes before heading out to dinner.

Dinner was amazing. The restaurant was great and almost everyone found something they really enjoyed  and liked for their meal.   Well, everyone except for one person. She ordered a burger well done and received one that was still very pink. The waitress was happy to take her burger  away and ordered another one. Unfortunately this took quite a while to remake. Everyone had been done  for a while before the redne burger came out again. I however ordered the grits with broiled shrimp. The sauce on the shrimp was a little too spicy for my liking, but it was good indeed. Dinner was an overall great experience disputed the very cramped seating arrangement at the Original Pierre Masperos. Defiantly a great choice.

After dinnner we went on a ghost tour. This was very interesting and entertaining. We learned a lot about the history of some haunted places in New Orleans. Our tour guide was great and the  stories this woman told with such enthusiasm was amazing. A lot of history was told with the ghost stories and it amazed me at how much history there really was with almost each building in the French quarter. Some of the things that we heard about, I made a note of so that I am able to google it and find out more about it.

After the ghost tour we stopped for Beniets and coffee or hot cocoa. This was a great ending to a great day. We returned to our hotel and we were clearly beat and exhausted. Even to the point that we were too tired to pull out the sleeper bed. We just crashed.

This was a great day.