Today in New Orleans...

Our morning started off at a slower pace. It was nice to sleep in until 7:30! ha

We poked around and got ready to go eat breakfast at Cafe du Monde, where we had cafe au lait and beignets (french doughnuts...they sort of look like sopapillas only more solid and covered w/ powdered sugar). YUM! I'm glad that we are having to walk everywhere, it helps counteract all the FOOD we are eating!! But our hotel is very nicely located and everything is just a few blocks away. Warren always picks out good places. :)

After that we went by the St. Louis Cathedral, but we didn't go inside...they were having Mass. It's very big and grey and sort of reminds me on the outside of Cinderella's castle!

Then we wandered over and walked along the Mississippi River down to the Aquarium of the Americas. It was amazing to go through it and know that nearly everything in the exibits has been replaced since Hurricane Katrina. Read about it on Wikipedia here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquarium_of_the_americas.

They had a really cool seahorse and jellyfish exhibit and a white alligator (not albino, see Wiki article for explaination of leucistic)!! Oh, and an anaconda! That was in the water!! I got a really nice picture of a Lion Fish:

After that, Harrah's was convienently across the street...so I went and lost some money and he went and won some. Then we took a break to go back to eat at Acme Oyster House, because I saw a sandwich on their menu that sounded really good the night before (still a small line wait) and then back to Harrah's again. Lol, this time I won all my money back and he came out a little ahead too.

Now we are in the hotel room to watch the football game and try to decide where to eat tonight! :)