I'm from a city right out of New Orleans, so naturally every year I celebrate Mardi Gras. Classes were cancelled Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. My friend from Memphis had never been to New Orleans so she came home with me.
Friday
We went to a small parade in my hometown. We hung out with my parents and their friends, pretty uneventful, but still fun.
Saturday
My friend and I meet up with a girl and some other girls in our sorority that lives right off the Endymion Parade route. We has some crawfish and king cake before we headed off to watch the parade. It was tons of fun!! I loved hanging out with my sorority sisters outside of planned events!
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| This is my big, she is pretty cool :) |
Sunday
We went to the Thoth Parade Sunday morning. Every year we watch it in the same spot; in a really nice area that isn't too crowed.
(We also met some nice 610 stompers)
Monday
Since my friend has never been to this area before, we decided to go on a swamp tour! There is one 15 minutes from my house. I've taken tours before so it was fun to see her experience it for the first time. We only saw one tiny tiny alligator because its too cold for them to be out. But, we did see some huge hogs!
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| The boat we rode |
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| baby alligator |
Mardi Gras Day
Another one of our friends drove down to spend the day. We decided not to go to the city and go to Biloxi instead. It was a good way to not sit in traffic and be crowed but also still experience Mardi Gras Day!
