Well, getting a taxi the morning after Mardi Gras Day is kind of difficult. We knew that. But we had no choice, since our Greyhound to Austin left at quarter past six on Wednesday morning, plus we had to be there an hour early to pick up the tickets we had bought online. So expecting that we had to wait for a long time or maybe even walk the three and something miles to the Bus station, we got up half past…
There is no way to escape Mardi Gras. It gets you everywhere – if you use the public transport, that has to take detours to avoid parades, stroll around French Quarter, which is full of people in costumes and drinking, or just walk around anywhere, where you see beautifully decorated houses. We’ve been in the middle of this for a whole week and tried to absorb as much as possible. We’ve seen the parades of the Krewes of Nyx, Muses,…
“America has only three cities: New York, San Francisco, and New Orleans. Everywhere else is Cleveland.” – Tennessee Williams So after two weeks in different parts of Cleveland, we finally visited one of the three cities, according to Tennessee Williams. Of course we spent a lot of time at Mardi Gras parades here. But there are still different faces of NOLA we went to see. The French Quarter, Treme and Marigny, several parks and squares, food like Po-Boys and Beignets, the roots…