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So we got to Tuscaloosa at lunchtime and got to our hotel which was quite nice and had a pool and TV which are luxuries these days! We just had a few chilled out days by the pool and having some food. The hotel was a bit dodgy, I think a lot of people live there like in My Name is Earl lol! There were police every night and the reception guy was telling a cop about a prostitute who had been in three nights in a row with 3 different guys - nice!! The time changed when we got here - forward an hour - we were well confused and wondered how we had gotten there an hour later and couldnt work it out, I was doing it the wrong way round but we eventually worked out that was right lol!
On the 12th we got the train down to New Orleans which has quite a nice feel to it, there was music playing outside the train station and stuff. It was so funny on the train, they said we would have a safety stop and then stop at the station so the train stopped and we were just sitting waiting and then the conductor came up and he was like, "y'all going to New Orleans?" and we were like "yeah" and he was like "well you might wanna get off now, y'all just chillin back here" and us and two women turned round and the whole train was empty and we were all just sitting there like dafties lol, it was so funny! There was an English woman on the train at first we thought she was tryin to do an accent but it turned out she was English n she even called us dafties, what a cheek!
We got to the hostel which yet again is in a dodgy neighbourhood so you cant walk about at night but its quite nice it has a wee pool and good common areas to hang out, it is quite cliquey though and everyone who has been here a long time kinda hangs about with people who work here but some people are ok. We decided to go out on the first night as it was Saturday and were recommended to go to Frenchman Street which was ok, I was hoping for a more bluesy type of place and it was more kinda bands and stuff but some of it was ok, it quite expensive to drink though so we wasted a bit of money on drink and were not even drunk(well Craig was a bit), so we just went back and had a few drinks with some guys at the hostel. We stopped at a garage for some beer on the way back and a big black guy saw me struggling with all the beer etc and said "let me help you boo" i was cheesin lol it was like in songs n movies!
Next day we just chiilled a bit as we had spent too much money, cos we were here for long enough we went to the supermarket and bought some good food to have $60 for it all for 4 days rather than for 1 day so that was good and we could get stuff we likes, bacon n salad n stuff yum yum!
The next day we took the tram down to the French market for a look around and then went to the restaurant Coop's which was recommended to us and we had seafood gumbo and it was gross, it had an oyster in it and it exploded in my mouth and I almost spewed! The rest was ok though but nothing too impressive! After we took a walk down Bourbon Street which is really famous but we were told too touristy but that was a total lie, it was the best place ever!! We ended up in a cheesy kareoke bar doing 3 4 1 deals so that was good, they had a really entertaining guy singing and changing all the words and doing impressions and stuff it was a really good night and needless to say we ended up a bit steamin lol! We took a walk further along but nowhere was as good so we just headed back to the hostel with some beers and were talking to a guy who was telling us all about when Katrina hit NO and how they all escaped, the hostel were we are staying was under 12 feet of water, you can see the damage in some areas of the city but its not too bad now. We also had a chat with a couple from Atlanta and they were telling us the trains are so slow as they are second to freight trains.
When we woke up today Craig was having a freak cos he thought it was the 16th and we had missed our train, not the best news to awaken to lol! He had to go and ask at the desk what the date was lol but we are fine cos it not the 16th lol! WE are just chilling today, doing some washing and packing before we head off to Texas tomorrow, yeha!!
Hope everyone is good!
Lots of Love
Eva and Craig xxx
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