Continued post, day 2

Hey, sorry. Last night was a late night, and I wrote it as I was going to bed, and I was really tired. I did cover the major points of the day though. Basically, we were introduced to the culture of New Orleans, but not on the same scale as Mardi Gras. Super Sunday is a party, and a parade, and Mardi Gras is ten times as good and crazy. Yesterday was still fun though. Parades are done a bit differently here than back home. Not only is there the crazy party part of the parade with music, and entertainment, with people dancing, and having a great time, but after the main part, they have what is called a second line. The second line is behind the main parade, and is pretty much a big party, with music, and even more dancing and partying. It is like a post-parade party and parade combined. People here are so nice and just very very friendly. If someone is just walking down the street, and a person is sittng on their front steps or porches, they just say hi to each other, whether they know each other or not. The man who lives next to the base named London, I had never met him before, and he helped me give directions to someone over the phone(i found a cell phone on the sidewalk during the parade, and wanted to give it back, but had no idea where I was). After I got off the phone, I ended up talking to him for like an hour. It was actually really nice. People also are much more relaxed here, like laid back in a good way. A big tradition here is eating crawfish. They are like little lobsters, (i didn't try one yet, but I will) and what you do is break the shell by the tail, and the saying goes......''suck the head, pinch the tail.'' People basically eat crawfish, and drink beer (during the parades and stuff). Its also not out of the ordinary to be walking down the street, and see someone waking or sitting on a porch, and drinking a beer. Got to go, talk to you later. Ben