New Orleans June 2006

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My new photoshow Bonaparte's Quarters New Oleans 2006 is online. It has a lot of recent photos of New Orleans and of the timeshare where we stayed, Leisure Club International at New Orleans (Bonaparte's Quarters) If you'd like to see the French Quarter 10 months after Katrina, or the timeshare, I invite you to take a look.

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Thanks for posting. I will be back in Nola with family in Oct. I Can't wait

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Timetraveler,

What a great photo show. I love the music. It's nice to see that some visitors are returning to New Orleans.

Did you get away from the French Quarter at all? Just wondering how the rest of the city is doing?

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We were in the Central Business district for the "Wednesday at the Square" concert/food & drink fest.
We took the Canal Street Streetcar to St. Charles Street and from there the bus to the Garden District. (The St. Charles Street Streetcar is not operating).
We also took the Magazine Street bus to the Audubon Zoo. The zoo is mostly open and in very good shape.
There was a lot of construction going on in the Garden District, but other than that, it looked good.
Except for Lafayette Square, we found the Central Business District to be unpleasant, but didn't see a lot that was obviously Hurricane Damage. We didn't see much obvious hurricane damage along the bus and streetcar routes either. There were hardly any other tourists evident once we got out of the French Quarter, except at the zoo. But the locals seemed to be going about their business as usual.
Flying into the airport, we could see a lot of blue roofs. It looked like Orlando after Charley.
We didn't go to the lower 9th ward.

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timetraveler, nice presentation! I thought the master bedroom was pretty small until the next picture showed a bed!

frank, good to see you are making a triumphant return to NOLA! Is this your first trip there since you had to cancel in Sep 2005?

We'll be there Oct 13-20 also. We exchanged into Maison Pierre Lafitte in Aug 05. May 06 RCI called and said we were being moved to the QH instead.

Just pray for no hurricanes in Oct!

I am amazed by peoples' reactions when I tell 'em we're going to NOLA. 99% wonder why. (I wonder about them.) I'd rather see and experience things in person than see the world from my couch via the tube.

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frank, now I see another thread about your coming trip. Let me read that to see what and when your plans are.

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frank, good to see you are making a triumphant return to NOLA! Is this your first trip there since you had to cancel in Sep 2005?

We'll be there Oct 13-20 also. We exchanged into Maison Pierre Lafitte in Aug 05. May 06 RCI called and said we were being moved to the QH instead.

Just pray for no hurricanes in Oct!

Rick if you can extend your vacation to come down a few days before I would give you my 2 bedroom unit at Club Le pension free of charge. I am going to be there from Oct 6-9.

BTW I now have a small group coming with me we are 6 so far in total and working on 4 more.

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Frank, WOW what an offer! Let me work on this a bit. I'm definitely interested!

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Frank, I am still buzzing with the chance to have dinner with you at K-Paul's. When I told my wife of all the possibilities you offered she reminded that we are staying in Tahoe the week before NOLA and SF the week after. NO WAY! Wow, did I set this up wrong! A drawback of booking way in advance. Sadly I must decline your super generous offer. I will solace myself by looking for more trades. There will be a trip again where we can meet up again and meet up for food again! Thanks again for the offer.

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OH WAIT A MINUTE! My wife is rethinking this. HOLD ON.

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I'm sad to say it's still no.... we need to pass on your offer Frank.

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Rick It was good talking to you today on the phone and it's noce to see you on the site. If you change your mind the unit will be waiting for you.

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Thanks Frank. If things do change I will let you know.