Mardi Gras

I can admit that I've been slack, it's been over a week since I've posted BUT in my defense I've been out exploring & been pretty god damn sick. Lost my voice! People that know me personally would understand that I never shut up! So it's super difficult for me to give my vocal chords a chance to recover.

I left New Orleans yesterday. I was there for Mardi Gras: AMAZING. So happy that I experienced it. I met some really cool people that I will definitely visit when I venture over to Europe (2 germans & a Brit) 

 

These chains of love got a hold on me

Parade outside the Couch Surfers house that Hosted 5 of us

The weather was lame - cold, wet and slushy. But that can't take away from the fact we all had the best time. New Orleans is a really cute town! I feel like it has a close community especially after the Hurricane. There are many houses that are abandoned so that gives a roof for the homeless and the hard core backpackers - a place for them to get off the street.

I pretty much survived off Pizza thanks to a German girl named Kati who's only food groups are pizza, pasta and vodka.

The Pizza joint we pre gamed 3 nights in a row

I decided to take out my Canon Camera one of the nights and ended up taking more photos of randoms then of my friends' here are the results: 

Tits n Weed ma mans in heaven

Don't be fooled... he aint on the phone - it's a pose

I have to write about one of my biggest highlights from the trip & that definitely has to be Cafe Du Monde. The original coffee stand was established in 1862 in the New Orleans French Market. Open: 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The menu is simple. Consisting of Beignets, white or chocolate milk, freshly squeezed orange juice and coffee.

What are Beignets!? A French - style doughnut lavishly covered with powdered sugar.

Julia enjoying her Au Lait Coffee

Kati eating something other than Pizza?!

The Saint Louis Cathedral is the oldest Cathedral in North America. Across the road from Cafe Du Monde

Fireworks over the Mississippi River

I could write about Mardi Gras 2014 for hours and hours. The memories I made over the few days I will never forget. 2 Germans, 1 Brit, a yank and an Aussie. Coming together. 

& We survived... See you next time New Orleans