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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Penny Lady®, post: 1709021, member: 16948&quot;]The next day – Tuesday – we visited the old New Orleans Mint building</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2005%20New%20Orleans/IMG_1532-Copy_zps4cf4628d.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2005%20New%20Orleans/IMG_1533-Copy_zps6d71f8be.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2005%20New%20Orleans/IMG_1538-Copy_zps6f1c89d3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2005%20New%20Orleans/IMG_1553_zps39cf6fa9.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Although the museum was rather sparse, there were several interesting items on display</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2005%20New%20Orleans/IMG_1544_zps54213346.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2005%20New%20Orleans/IMG_1535-Copy_zps808f55d3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2005%20New%20Orleans/IMG_1536-Copy_zpsb77c908f.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2005%20New%20Orleans/IMG_1539-Copy_zpsb4a2bffa.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2005%20New%20Orleans/IMG_1540-Copy_zpsc7bd3e69.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2005%20New%20Orleans/IMG_1542-Copy_zps80ec4946.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2005%20New%20Orleans/IMG_1541-Copy_zps9739b511.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2005%20New%20Orleans/IMG_1543_zps1ded4f80.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2005%20New%20Orleans/IMG_1547_zpsa68add7a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>There is a jazz museum on the second floor of the Mint building</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2005%20New%20Orleans/IMG_1548_zpscc6dcdb0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2005%20New%20Orleans/IMG_1550_zps222ae947.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2005%20New%20Orleans/IMG_1551_zps52b50393.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>After&nbsp; we visited the mint, we walked around the city some more.&nbsp; We came upon&nbsp; Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville and stopped in for some refreshments</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2005%20New%20Orleans/IMG_1554_zps0635c04a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2005%20New%20Orleans/IMG_1555_zps049f0b32.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This very tasty beverage was called “It’s 5:00 somewhere”!</p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2005%20New%20Orleans/IMG_1557_zps63e3a975.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>We&nbsp; then walked back to Bourbon Street and took a rest at Lafitte&#039;s&nbsp; Blacksmith Shop bar – it was built between 1722 and 1732 by Nicolas&nbsp; Touze and is reputed to be the oldest structure used as a bar in the&nbsp; United States. </p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2005%20New%20Orleans/IMG_1559_zpsd26c8ac1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2005%20New%20Orleans/IMG_1558_zps36fe7102.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq139/thepennylady/2013%2005%20New%20Orleans/IMG_1560_zps18129e53.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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