Mardi Gras in New Orleans

The last weekend I have one amazing opportunity: go to New Orleans and enjoy the Mardi Gras. The travel from Oxford to New Orleans is long, more than five hours! but we enjoy it because we are with friends and talk, and laugh and stop to eat and to take photos.
We saw the parades and caught the beads and all kinds of stuff they throw from the floats to people. In the parades the families were with folding chairs and all kind of food and beverages to stand in the sideways for hours. Everybody was happy, but childrens enjoy the most.

New Orleans is a city I really like, I have had the opportunity to visited a few times in the past, in fact was the first place I visited with my own money when I was twenty, and also the first place I had a getaway with my husband.

The city was crowded, specially in the French Quarter and as usual, full of all kind of street artists. One thing I enjoyed the most was the delicious food, the jambalaya, the gumbo, a nice rushless breakfast looking the people, the gelato and even the king cake.

I felt shocked to see the damages Katrina made, but the city looks alive and the people hopeful. Most of the damages are repaired, but is possible to see many houses and neighborhoods destroyed.

I really enjoyed my weekend gateway, and I hope visit New Orleans again soon!