Today was a free day so had a late start after breakfast of about 11 and wandered around the French quarter. Sat in a bar and listened to some jazz and went down to the river for a little ferry ride across the Mississippi then came back! Beth then on a whim decided she was going to get the musical note tattoo she had wanted for a while on her ankle and it looks super cute. We went back to the hotel for a rest (some of us were feeling tired and fragile) and then w...

Long drive down to Louisiana stopping by the Honey Island Swamp just after the border at the top of Louisiana! We all took the swamp tour with a bloke who told us he had grown up on the swamp and even swims in it! His house backed into it so it was all he had ever known! He had a really husky southern accent too which was just great. It was a really interesting tour and he seemed to know so much. We saw about 6 alligators and he would feed them over the side of t...