When I am picturing an urban city, I am imagining business. Large urban cities are usually filled with yellow taxi cabs picking people up to their new destination, buildings so tall that when you look up at them they appear to be falling on you, many new restaurants and culinary art and endless places to go. Particularly with this city that I will be visiting soon, I am picturing the true southern culture but from what I am hearing from others, this city has a lot of history regarding music, art, and the spiritual world and I am very excited for that. I think that New Orleans will have everything that you could possibly think of. I also do not picture this city as a quiet city. It seems to be very loud and upbeat and from what I have heard on the people, they seem very cheerful and that they like to have a good time.  Overall, when visiting New Orleans, my expectations are to be busy but I am very excited to be busy because that will add to the overall wonderful experience that I also expect this trip to be. Personally, I have never been to New Orleans so I really do not know what to expect. I have traveled to Florida and stayed there and have also been to Alabama and that seemed more southern but in Alabama, I have only stayed in hotels and driven through it. One thing I have heard about New Orleans is the seafood. That is sort of a downfall for me personally just because I am allergic to it. I can have fish just no shell fish and I have heard many people say "try the gumbo while you are there" but I know there is many other options. Sometimes, I can be very picky when it comes to food but while I am there, I plan on putting my biases behind and I want to try as many new foods as I can. I really hope that they have some good coffee to taste while we are there because that is one of my favorite things to do on vacation-visit new coffee shops :) . For this trip, I am visualizing everything based on what others have told me. Before we leave, I plan on doing research on what to wear, essentials to pack etc but I really want to come into this with an open mind and make my own expectations by the time that it is over. I am trying not to have any sort of expectations so that I can just be in the moment and enjoy myself while I am down there. I am also very excited to immerse myself in a new culture that I am not familiar with at all and I hope this experience allows me to grow as a person.