The Operator did a good job, ditching the car…we don’t need it, everything is so close and easily walkable. We went for a quick trip around the block, everything is so close, it was midday Monday and there were just a nice amount of people wandering around, a jazz band was already playing in the street, and folk were walking, some staggering, with drinks in hand already. Wowza, this is going to be a cool place. Rosie is excited!
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We jumped in a carriage at Jackson Square, this is the heart of the French Quarter and is a beautifully symmetrical park facing the mighty Mississippi….that is hard to tell though with the levees to stop potential flooding being built so high….its a shame, being able to see this mighty river would elevate this town to a whole new, albeit probably lethal level. St Louis Cathedral stands tall and elegant overlooking the square, it can see the river from its fairy tale like towers.
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New Orleans has something for every visitor of all ages, persuasions and interests. Not often does a town get it right in catering for all types and keeping the areas separate from each other so as not to shock tender sensibilities. New Orleans has done it perfectly.
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Ah Roma, The Eternal City, our holidays here always start with a tanned buff Italian man with a three day growth, tight white Tshirt(and matching white teeth) well cut blue jeans and mirror aviator sunnies driving us from the airport into the city at break neck speed.
Rosie recalls the magic of the Trevi Fountain from a visit to Rome nigh on 10 years ago…she threw a penny into the fountain…..hence her return to Rome today. Rosie remembers being overwhelmed by the size and scale of the fountain and how it took over the tiny piazza it is housed in.
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