Carnival Conquest: Sail Date: 12/7/03 Cassy & Larry Epps Our cruise was fantastic!! This was our first cruise and well exceeded our expectations. We arrived in New Orleans on Thursday, December 4 and to our surprise it was cold! We walked all over Bourbon Street looking for winter wear. We finally walked over to Canal street and found some sweat shirts-my husband Larry even bought a hat!
We love the architecture of NOLA. We bar hopped like teenagers and listened to jazz music and ate raw oysters everyday at the Desire restaurant (green awnings-part of the Royal Sonesta Hotel. The line to Acme Oyster bar was too long. When we discovered Desire-we were hooked. Kentrell opened up the biggest and the freshest oysters! We loved it.
We met a great couple-Ken & Cindy from Wisconsin in a NOLA grocery store-we mentioned that we were going on a cruise. I kept telling my husband Larry-they seemed so nice-I hope we meet them on the boat. He said that would be impossible-3000 people on the boat.