Hello from the Big Easy

We are in New Orleans now. I know I know...travelling fools. This trip, we are visiting our friend C, who was in Peace Corps Ecuador (we have mentioned her before). We had a busy day. First we dropped Travis' brother off at the N.O. airport to catch a flight to Atlanta. Then we went to the mall where C is working and told her hello. Since she did not get off until 3, we caught a movie at the independent film theater here. We saw "Mad Hot Ballroom" and I recommend to anyone who has the privilege of seeing an indie film in their town. It was AWESOME! It is about children in NYC learning ballroom dancing and it tracks their progress over ten weeks from beginning to the final competition. It surely put a smile on our faces and makes us want to learn ballroom dancing. Really...they made it look so easy!!! So after the movie we caught up with C and walked to the French Market, where we bought two pairs of earrings for myself and also some gifts for our host families...or host moms, some over mitts for the kitchen. They have alligators on them and say "Louisiana". Fun. After this we came back to her apt. and rested for a while, but not long b/c we had to catch happy hour at Superior Grill...yum! We had a great meal and super margaritas and then walked to Creole Creamery for some ice cream. We passed by Whole Foods Market for a bottle of wine and now we're about to cork it. We have had a great night! New Orleans is beautiful and a pleasure to explore! Bonsoir!