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So we finally arrived in New orleans yesterday afternoon. First order of business get some food. We ate at the pizza place my cousin works at and it was DELICIOUS!! From there we spent the driving around New Orleans. We visited Chalmette Battlefield which we almost missed becuase it was closing in 30 minutes. You can really see the homes that have completely been abandoned and the cryptic "X" sign on the houses after they were searched when the waters receded. There were many boarded up homes, unihabitable as we drove around. We made our way to my dad's old supermarket and discivered that it was alive and well. From there we drove to City park but unfortunately it started raining so we couldn't get off. From City Park we went to the lakefront and I remembered sitting on those steps as a kid with my parents and riing my bike down the levee. A lot of homes were estryoed here as the lake storm surge breached the levees. Many hosue are still under sonctruction and being built. We decided to hit the west bank and visit my ol neighborhood and home. Boy have things changed. Its not the same kind of neighborhood as when I lived there but it was definately a trip own memory lane as I visted my middle school and sat in the very church where I did my first communion, confession and confirmation. We returned to the hotel after a brief stop at Starbucks and took a power nap so we could hit Good ole Bourbo Street. We met up with friends and headed to Pattie O's....Some things never change....and that was the case for Bourbon street. Always a good time. Now we are off for breakfast at Cafe Du monde for some cafe au lait and beniegts....looking forward to it....see Ya'll later!!
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