Day Trip to New Orleans

After staying an extra night in Chicago we have a very early start to catch the 6am shuttle to the airport for a 7.55am flight to New Orleans, good job we left early as it took longer to get through security for this internal flight than it did in Heathrow. After grabbing a quick coffee its boarding time and a short 2hr flight down to New Orleans. After calming our bags we take a shuttle bus to our hotel arriving there 5 hours earlier than planed. We drop our bags and called in a Wendy's next door for a burger to keep us going before we get on a streetcar to Canal Street. We decided to have a session riding street cars, first we ride the Canal Street Route to Cemetery Gates and back to Riverfront. We then take a look at the Mississippi and how high it its we also see the last Steam Paddle Boat arriving, Then we ride the River front line, to both ends and back to Canal Street. We then have a 20Min's wait in the 80 degree heat (the locals says its cool) to ride the Canal Street line to City Gardens, Its then back to the Interchange with the St Charles Street Line and a quick look at Bourbon Street in the french quarter. We then take a ride on the St Charles Street line which is the oldest tram route in the world through the Garden Suburbs, and then back to the hotel. We then take our bags to the room and decided to go to a diner called Mother's this is a place were locals and visitor eat, I had a Baked Ham Po'Boy, Its a short street car ride back to the hotel and a early night as we have another early start to catch the train the next morning