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Heading to New Orleans is a bit like
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traveling to another  architecturebluescountrydevastatedFrenchgoodhothouseimmigrantsJacksonjazzMississippionQuartersteamer life in the
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Big Easy is slower more laid-back and
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has its own language and customs founded
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as a  architecturebluescountrydevastatedFrenchgoodhothouseimmigrantsJacksonjazzMississippionQuartersteamer outpost in 1718 New Orleans
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is one of the oldest cities in the
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United States in 2005 it was  architecturebluescountrydevastatedFrenchgoodhothouseimmigrantsJacksonjazzMississippionQuartersteamer
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by Hurricane Katrina but the locals
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still soldier on with their unofficial
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motto "let the  architecturebluescountrydevastatedFrenchgoodhothouseimmigrantsJacksonjazzMississippionQuartersteamer times roll" built
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along the curves of the  architecturebluescountrydevastatedFrenchgoodhothouseimmigrantsJacksonjazzMississippionQuartersteamer
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River New Orleans has always been shaped
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by the water that surrounds it the best
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way to experience this is to jump on a
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paddle  architecturebluescountrydevastatedFrenchgoodhothouseimmigrantsJacksonjazzMississippionQuartersteamer and watch the mighty
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Mississippi roll by
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the city's most iconic area is the
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French  architecturebluescountrydevastatedFrenchgoodhothouseimmigrantsJacksonjazzMississippionQuartersteamer an elegant grid of
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colonial shop fronts courtyard gardens
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and ornate ironwork it's home to some of
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the best French Spanish and Creole
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 architecturebluescountrydevastatedFrenchgoodhothouseimmigrantsJacksonjazzMississippionQuartersteamer in the city the quarters
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beating heart is  architecturebluescountrydevastatedFrenchgoodhothouseimmigrantsJacksonjazzMississippionQuartersteamer Square a green
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space full of artists musicians and
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performers plenty of people come to New
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Orleans solely for the food a
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cosmopolitan mix of  architecturebluescountrydevastatedFrenchgoodhothouseimmigrantsJacksonjazzMississippionQuartersteamer a love of
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eating and fantastic local ingredients
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have created a culinary  architecturebluescountrydevastatedFrenchgoodhothouseimmigrantsJacksonjazzMississippionQuartersteamer that
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blends creole Cajun French Spanish and
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African cuisines
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no other city in America parties quite
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like New Orleans it's love of life and
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embrace of hedonism is given full
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expression during the revelry and
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pageantry of Mardi Gras
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the city has a thriving music scene
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expect echoes of  architecturebluescountrydevastatedFrenchgoodhothouseimmigrantsJacksonjazzMississippionQuartersteamer funky brass R&B
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and  architecturebluescountrydevastatedFrenchgoodhothouseimmigrantsJacksonjazzMississippionQuartersteamer to emanate from unexpected
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corners and give your dancing shoes a
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good workout the city has one of the
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best bar scenes in the United States
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just don't make the mistake of thinking
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it begins and ends  architecturebluescountrydevastatedFrenchgoodhothouseimmigrantsJacksonjazzMississippionQuartersteamer Bourbon Street