out of a costume. The resultant picture of me appearing to wear a huge pink
dress and looking hung over makes it seem that we were really there for the
party.
The staff told us we could revisit the next day for free, but sadly our
tight schedule left no time for this. However, we certainly did not feel cheated
that we had not seen it all, we had seen so much and Emma had got in free
on her student pass. The highlight of the museum was seeing David
Schwimmer's signature on a poster, he had been a Krewe Captain one year
(the Krewes are the social clubs who organise balls and parades during the
festival). Ok, so it was only a highlight for us Friends obsessed Brits, but I am
sure that some of you can relate.
When we left the museum we headed straight back to the RV for an
early night. We had done 90 minutes on the walking tour, 90 minutes brunch,
60 minutes boat ride and 60 minutes in the museum. And we used to moan
about the length of the working day!
Our last day in the Deep South began with a very momentous occasion. We
changed the bed! Well, the van did come with two sets of linen so we thought
we should make an effort to swap the sheets over once during our 12 weeks
in the van. And it really was just once, mainly due to the aforementioned
difficulties of making the bed in such cramped quarters.
After our January ‘spring clean’, we drove out to a nearby swamp for
the romantically named Honey Island Swamp Tour. This was to replace the
tour we had cancelled during our rainy day in Lafayette. The morning was
sunny, facilitating our bed changing activities and raising our spirits for the