We drove on the Mississippi River Bridge and on the mile after mile after mile long bridge, going over the swamps. Loved it! It's really beautiful. Though only one gator was spotted, it was cool.
Our first stop was the Cafe du Monde, which is a French Market Coffee Stand in the French Quarter of New Orleans. We ordered in Beignet's, French donuts with powdered sugar. Oh heaven! So much better then real donuts, which I'm not a fan of at all by the way. The Café in itself is an experience, starting of with table chasing. I enjoyed it and recommend it to anyone who visits New Orleans.
New Orleans itself is a cool city. I would never live here. It's a place you enjoy going to, but also enjoy leaving knowing you always can come back. It's kind of dirty? And it can smell bad (just like any big city). But all the local art make it Magic! There are numerous art galleries and the streets are filled with artists and performers. This City definitely got personality! We spend some time in the French quarters, Corey gave me a guided tour pointing out everything that I had to know. Something I found interesting was all the voodoo stuff, I'd never guessed that voodoo would be a big thing here? Apparently voodoo came to New Orleans straight from Africa and have been there since the city's early years, now there's a small museum for it and there's voodooo shops all over the place.
It wasn't only the day of Halloween, it was also the day of the Saints and Steelers game, which meant we had to hit up the stadium to tailgate! It was the craziest tailgating I've seen or been too. People everywhere, dressed in clothes of their teams, drinking all over. Block after block was just filled with partying happy people. We meet some Mexicans and Corey sold my identity for beer. It all worked out fine after socializing and snapping some pics we had free beer until the game started. We joined the crowd and headed over to the Superdome. It was humongous! After taking my picture, Corey finds a ticket on the ground. It was so freaking good!!! It was a $240 club member ticket on row 5. As a gentleman, he refused using it and offered me to go. Two stubborn people offering the other person the ticket - none of us would go. Instead we watched the kick off on the big screen outside the dome on the square and sold the ticket. The money gained from the ticket gave the brilliant idea to gamble. Harrah's Casino Next! I was starving and not in the biggest mood for gambling, but Corey had luck and won on our lucky money! Yay! Good Job!
Everywhere I walked people were screaming "WHO DAT?!" Even more so when the Saints won! Ahh PERFECT! Halloween night and the local team won! It would be a big A party at Bourbon and Canal Street!
It was crowded, the streets were closed with people drinking, dancing, singing and screaming everywhere! Beads in all different colors were raining down covering the streets. The best and craziest sights were down in the gay areas. I felt like a kid at the Zoo, just staring my eyes out!
We both caught beads too! Without flashing I should add. The tradition is to flash your boobs and people on the streets will hand you bead neck lasses or the people on the balconies will throw them down to you to catch. It's a pretty big and crazy tradition - and so much fun!
hey i remember this :)
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