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Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras

  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,…

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NOLA (apart from Mardi Gras)

NOLA (apart from Mardi Gras)

“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…

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Run, Forrest! Run! Visiting Savannah

Run, Forrest! Run! Visiting Savannah

  Welcome to Savannah. Remember Forrest sitting on the park bench waiting for the bus? Well, that was here. We came by the park but there was no bench, never was. It was only put there for the movie.   Jenny: Do you ever dream, Forrest, about who you’re gonna be? Forrest: Who I’m gonna be? Jenny: Yeah. Forrest: Aren’t-aren’t I going to be me?   So here some other pictures of very beautiful and pedestrian friendly Savannah: [gird-gallery id=”21″…

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