Daytime in N’Awlins: • Meander down the avenue under a canopy of century old live oak trees • Enjoy the street performers, taro card readers, artists, mimes at Jackson Square • Marvel at the oldest cathedral in the USA: St. Louis Cathedral (or go to St. Mary's Church for a splendid chapel, few have the opportunity to see) • Conjecture about who can afford the European antiques on Royal St. • Savor our wonderful food, everything from an oyster boat sandwich to a seafood or roast beef po-boy, beignets, world class cuisine, a muffuletta sandwich (Yep. That's the world famous sandwich that everyone misspells and few can pronounce - you buy it at Central Grocery) • Shop 'til you drop at the many fine shops in the French Quarter • Explore our many interesting (and some free) museums • Hop on the Riverfront streetcar line, then get on the free ferry shuttle to the 2nd oldest neighborhood in New Orleans: Algiers Pointe • Browse through a plethora art in our numerous galleries • Bargain shop at the French Market and flea market/Bazaar • Float down the Mississippi River on one of the riverboat cruises • Explore Jax Brewery (shopping/dining complex) • Watch a sea horse give birth at the Aquarium of the Americas • Experience the pageantry of our parades during Mardi Gras, St. Patrick's Day and other occasions (they say that anyone dropping a hat on the ground is an excuse to have a 2nd line parade in the French Quarter. Even a funeral can be an excuse for a Jazz parade) • • Hop in a van for a plantation tour • Jump into the bus taking you to the swamp and bayou for a tour and look at the wildlife • The Riverwalk and Canal Place (shopping/dining complexes) • Historic, above-ground cemeteries (Saint Louis # 1) • Louis Armstrong Park & African American Museum At your leisure, into the wee hours of the morning, enjoy the sights and sounds of New Orleans: dance clubs, bars, and music (from Zydeco & Cajun music, R&B, Blues to Jazz) • Join the throngs of revelers for a taste of nightlife on Bourbon St. and where we ‘locals’ play, Frenchman St. • Sip on chicory coffee and nibble on a beignet @ Cafe du Monde • Shiver at the stories told during ghost and haunted history tours • Have your own Voodoo doll or gris-gris bag made at the spiritual temple or put your "X" on Marie Laveau's grave while on a cemetery tour Gamble the night away at Harrah's Casino BY historic St. Charles streetcar or Canal Streetcars, Mississippi River passenger ferry, bicycle, or other city bus, trolley or streetcar, you can go to: • The Superdome • City Park: Bestoff Sculpture Garden, lagoons, gazebos, botanical gardens, the historic Dueling Oak, children's amusement park with antique carousel • Treasure hunt on Magazine Street Antique (along 6-miles is the shopping area where the locals buy their antiques, collectibles and junk, eat and drink, and shop at fine boutiques!) • Audubon Park and Audubon Zoo (natural habitat) + Botanical Gardens • Garden District, Uptown, & University Districts • Riverbend shopping and restaurant area • New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) • Mardi Gras World • D-Day Museum (now World War II Museum) • attend the world’s premier music festival: JazzFest • see Lake Ponchartrain and the Mardi Gras Fountain with its krewe markers • St. Louis #3 historic Cemetery, Metairie Cemeteries • Tulane, Loyola Universities Further afield (by car, taxicab or tour bus): • Acadiana (Cajun Country) • swamps and bayous • River Road plantations