Guilty,

like many others, to think that New Orleans is only about the French Quarter. Naturally, if you are coming here for the first time it is a must and had it not been for our brief introduction last night, we would have not ventured from the famous French Quarter.

After an amazing breakfast, smoked salmon bennie, served on a homemade biscuit, we jumped the trolley car, not unlike the ones in San Francisco, and headed for the Garden District.  The homes here are elegant and quite large, the majority of the space reaching deep into the home with a narrow street presence.  One of the most famous is the Buckner Mansion, 20,000 of haunted square feet and featured in “American Horror Story”.  Scattered among the homes were churches of all sizes and trees that grow from large to immense.  There is also the Lafayette Cemetery, striking in it’s size and sad in so many ways.

Back in the French Quarter, we revisited a “hot spot” from our last trip and a new stop for an iced coffee and beingnet.  Could not get a picture, before the three of us jumped in on the pile of sugar that doubles as a French pastry.  With several hours on our legs, we needed to rest.  A quick goodbye to Kurt, a few more tourist pictures before retiring to our awesome hotel (originally the Franklin Printing Company), just in time for their “Taste of New Orleans”, featuring some mighty good jambalaya!  More than full from a fabulous day packed with food, we ventured out for a light dinner, which include a very delicious (and sizable) helping of down-home cookin’ bread pudding.  We Must Bike, tomorrow!