February 7th - The busses picked us up at 8:00 AM for an
early morning treat, "Breakfast at Brennan's.
Breakfast
started with an appetizer of southern baked apple with double cream. An entrée of eggs Hussarde, poached eggs
atop Holland rusks, Canadian bacon and Marchand
de Vin sauce. Topped with
Hollandaise sauce. Banana Foster for
dessert. (Bananas sauteed in butter,
brown sugar, cinnamon and banana liqueur, then flamed in rum and served with
vanilla ice cream.) All low cal and diet food.
Ha, Ha.
February 8th - The morning started late, at 9:00 AM.
allowing us time to enjoy a New Orleans tradition of " Coffee and
Beignets". Followed by a dinner
cruise on the historic paddle wheeler Natchez.
In the evening
we were served cocktails and danced.
Dinner was followed by the Bal Masque Tableau. We finished the evening with more cocktails and dancing.
February 9th - Again we had a late start for a tour of
Blaine Kern's Mardi Gras World, one of the worlds largest float builders.
We went to the
French Quarter and the Presbytere which houses the State of Louisiana's Mardi Gras
Museum.
In the evening
it was back to the parade route to view Krewe of Ednymion Parade.
February 10th - At 8:15 AM we left for the National WWII
Museum. Very interesting.
At 6:00 PM we
headed for the Krewe of Bacchus parade which show cases 33 animated floats.
February 11th - We
toured the Krewe of Thor's Den where they store their floats till next
year. We were able to climb on the
floats, look them over and act as if we were in a parade and throwing beads.
Then it was off
to the New Orleans School of Cooking for a Creole cooking demonstration and lunch. There were
buckets of beer bottles and pitchers of ice tea on the table. Chicken and andouille gumbo and banana
foster were served on paper plates and cups followed by pralines.
Tonight we go
Cajun with lots of Cajun music and dancing with authentic Cajun dancers. Dance instructors taught us Cajun
dancing. Everyone had a good time.
It rained all
day.
February 12th - It was coffee, donuts and good by's this
morning. With a lot of "see you
next time".
We had met many of these people before at the Albuquerque
Balloon Festival and at Pine Mountain, GA.
We'll probably see them again at other Fantasy tours.
Walt Linden
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