Hello Louisiana, U.S.A.
Mixing a little pleasure with business as I strolled through the shops of the French Quarters in Louisiana.
This weekend kicks off ‘mardi gras’.
Mardi Gras is the last day before the fasting season of Lent. It’s the french word for “Shrove Tuesday”. Literally translated, it means “fat tuesday” and was so called because it represented the last opportunity for merry making and excessive indulgence in food and drink before the solemn season of fasting. (smiling)….love that: merry making and excessive indulgence!
In N’Orleans it is five days of the biggest party on planet Earth. Starting on Friday of the Mardi Gras weekend and going on till fat Tuesday, it is a carnival of music, dancing on the streets, parades and indulgence of every kind. There’s parades every day, all kinds of colorful costumes and people generally havin fun everywhere. The amazing part of Mardi Gras is that allmost all the partying is done on the streets. The whole of French Quarter and the neigbouring Canal & Poydras streets are the venue for this huge outdoor party.
Daisy Says: Laugh and BE Merry!!
