Bourbon St. by day.... We stayed in a very nice hotel on this street it was called "the Royal Sonesta" very classyL

Landon, Bill and Ashley looking around Bourbon St.

This the hotel we stayed in.

It is very common to see people sitting outdoors to eat.

Following my family up and down bourbon st.

Ash and I standing under a fortune telling sign. (we did not get our fortunes)

the guy on the left is snoozing while the guy in the red shirt is singing the blues.

We enjoyed some art outside.  Ashley loved several of the pictures but chose not to spend her money.

there were a lot of horse carriages outside of Plaza De Armas.

In side the Plaza De Armas.

picture taken across the street,

Many buildings look very french with lots of flowers hanging off of the balcony's

If you live in New Orleans you love the Crawfish, or known as Crawdads. Yuck not me.....

first, they boil them (i am not sure for how long)

then they get dumped on a table

at this particular restaurant it was "all you can eat dinning"

so you fill your plate as high as you want.

and chow down.....

After we did a little sight seeing in New Orleans. We built up an appetite for the famous New Orleans Cafe du monde.

The lines are long and for a good reason.

they serve wonderful  french donuts called Beneighs

They are marvelous especially with a lot of powdered sugar.

We each had 2, with a glass of milk

Yummy, yummy!!!

Saying good-bye to the ship and hello to New Orleans.

Saturday April 20th was our day at sea as we headed back to New Orleans.

Today we were sad because as we headed back to New Orleans at left the Caribbean ocean.  The Gulf of Mexico's water was pretty choppy again and the sun was not out for the whole day.  Bill and I slept in a bit, then went to the gym to exercise.  We had lunch with Ashley and Landon and went to dinner and the evening show which was called "Elements" it was really good.  In the morning we will be in New Orleans for 2 days.

April 19-Cozumel Mexico

Walking from the ship into the port of Cozumel, Mexico.  Ashley and Bill

Looking good Landon

My family Bill, Landon and Ashley

Bill and I went to meet up with our scuba diving group and Landon and Ashley took a Taxi to go and spend the day snorkeling and enjoying the beach.  The water was clear and amazing.

Ashley was glad to see a Starbucks in Cozumel.  She headed over to get her beverage for the day.

cargo ship, just thought it was interesting.

Bill and I went on a 2 tank dive with this group of divers.

This was the name of our dive and the dive master below giving us some instructions.

Thumbs up- we are ready to do our dives.  We will do 2 drift dives.

Our master diver signing our log books after our dive.

Yes, this is me scuba diving.  Bill is using our new water camera.

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