It's hot and humid here - 35 degrees C this morning with 80% humidity so it feels like 43 C. We went for breakfast in a little place just down the road (eggs, grits, and a darned good French roast coffee).
Went for a walk down Bourbon Street and found it as colorful as promised...actually a little too colorful for about 5-6 blocks of all "gentlemen's clubs" - but some interesting side streets and galleries! We have seen very interesting historical places in New Orleans over the last couple of days: like the Cabildo, originally the seat of government in Spanish-owned Louisiana - and the site of the Louisiana Purchase - now the Louisiana State Museum.
The city has some striking views, but so far not as pretty as I had expected. The smell - in the French Quarter at least - is distinctive (a combination I think of Eucalyptus trees, breweries and the Mississippi River) and not particularly pleasant for a non-native. It's so hot for Northerners like us (and not likely to cool down much) but we will try to get used to it and spend some time in the hotel pool each day. Air conditioning is everywhere, but when you leave a shop that is freezing and walk out in the heat of the day, the impact is unbelieveable...as it is going back into an air conditioned building.
We are considering a walking or Steamboat Tour (my choice would be steamboat...walking is just too warm) and hope to see some of the hurricane damaged areas during a tour. The conference registration starts tomorrow and we will try to take in a couple of pre-conference events then.
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