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Departing November 14,
2008
Day 1
We’ll fly to the
“Crescent City,” New Orleans, today. We’ll all get together this
evening at the hotel’s cocktail party (for all arrivals before
5:00pm). Time-permitting, we’ll also
take a walking tour of the nearby French
Quarter.
Day 2
We will tour the “Crescent
City” today.
You’ll witness the old
French, Spanish and Creole sides of the city. A bit of French and Spanish
splendor preserved for you.
You will hear about the old French Quarter, old Market
places, wharves, squares, dueling places, and French and Spanish
homes of millionaires. Parks, gardens, giant moss-hung trees,
flowers, etc. You’ll
see the Jax Brewery, Jackson Square, the Superdome,
St. Charles
Street, Lake Pontchatrain, one of the many famous
cemeteries, City Park, the river front,
Canal
Street, plus much, much
more!
Tonight we’re off to a great Jazz Dinner
Cruise on the Mississippi River.
It doesn’t get much
better than this!
Day 3
We’ll follow the Great River
Road this morning to Cajun Country. You’ll marvel at the many
active plantations, working farms and shipping facilities along the
levees and bayous.
Next it’s on to Lafayette and St. Martinville in
the heart of Cajun Country. In St. Martinville, we’ll view the Evangeline
Statue and the Evangeline Oak, which marks the spot where the
legendary heroine of the poem waited for her lover,
Gabriel.
Day 4
Today we’ll travel north through St.
Francisville to Natchez, Mississippi. There’s no more charming a
town in all the south.
Her broad, tree-lined boulevards are graced with more than 40
antebellum mansions.
We will also sightsee a portion of the
beautiful Natchez Trace
Parkway. We’ll relive what life was
like along this natural trail for the early explorers and Native
Americans.
Day 5
We will tour Baton Rouge, this morning, and view
some of the city’s highlights including the new and old Capitol
Buildings, the new and old Governor’s Mansions, the LSU Campus and
the city center.
Later, we’ll venture east to Brett Favre’s
hometown, Kiln, and then the Gulf of
Mexico. Biloxi is home to one of the largest
shrimp-fishing fleets and has become the Las Vegas of
the South.
Day 6
We will tour Mobile, Alabama, this morning. This love city with it’s
live oaks, restored mansions and World War II/ Korean War era
Military Park is a delight to
visit.
Just south of Mobile is the Bellingrath
Gardens – 60
acres of flowers – in every color of the rainbow – a fantasy of
color. We’ll also tour
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bellingrath, with it’s opulent
furnishings and porcelain collection. This is a style that you
could become accustomed to!!
Maybe tonight will be your night to win back
the cost of your trip in our hotel’s casino!?! We sure hope
so.
Day 7
We’ll return home today filled with great
memories of the Ante-Bellum South, Cajun Country, the Gulf Coast and, of course, New
Orleans!!!
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