So on this day we woke up and got ready for the game!! My stomach was still kinda hating those skittles but so far nothing else had came back up. I decided though that because I didn't want anything going crappy for the game that I would skip eating/drinking (soda!) until I was sure it was safe. We got decked out in our Saints gear, put the Saints tattoos all over us and we were off. We decided to take a taxi down to the Superdome. It was walkable but a far walk after what my feet had been through with the evil sandals. So we figured a taxi was better. It would take me a whole other post to talk about the taxi drivers around this city so I wont go into it but lets just say they are a little nutty! The one we had going to the Superdome was interesting. He asked where we were going, he agreed to take us, and then was very mad when there was traffic around the Superdome. Ummm hellooooo. Its a big game day what do you expect. He even asked if we would want to get out and walk because of the traffic being bad. We told him NO and made him go all the way. If you didn't want traffic then don't say you will take us to a big football arena on game day! So he sat and yelled about it the whole way. ANYWAY! After we got there and walked up the outside was set up with bands and food stands that had all kinds of cajun style food. Dave got a bowl of jambalaya but I stayed away. As good as it smelled I was scared to death of putting something on my stomach. We got into the stadium just in time and they started announcing the players coming in. We didn't make it to our seats in time so you will notice that the pictures of the opening of the game are taken in some window looking thing.
When we made it to our seats we were really excited to see that they were awesome seats. You could see everything very clearly. I started taking pictures right away because I wanted to capture everything. We had been to Rams games before but this crowd was different. When the Saints would score a touchdown the Zydeco music would kick on and everyone would jump up and start dancing. A lot of people had little umbrellas that they'd pop open and start pumping in the air (easier to picture if you have seen a celebration of any kind down there because they do this thing with umbrellas and pieces of cloth). It was hard not to get into the excitement of it. I finally got something to eat and drink and started feeling good again so the rest of the game went great. The Saints ended up winning34-3. I was really excited that I had finally gotten Dave to a game and to top it off they played awesome and won. Even though we had great seats when the crowd started to clear out we went to the very bottom and sat for the rest of the game. Afterwards we took pictures and looked around.
It was very emotional being in the Superdome. Right away after sitting down I started thinking of the victims of Katrina being in there after the hurricane hit.We started talking about how bad it must have been to have no electricity or running water or sewer. I held back tears every time this would hit me thoughout the game. We didn't get to see a lot of the devastation around the city of what had been but it was very clear that the people are still feeling it. At one point during the game a weatherman came on the big screen and said "hey! have you heard? we've decided we aren't going to have any more hurricanes" and the whole crowd went wild. I wondered how many people I was sitting around (a lot of them being season ticket holders) had been affected by Katrina. At different times in the trip I wanted to ask people who we came across and talked to if they had been affected but I didn't want to bring up bad memories for people so I kept my curiosity to myself. Its clear by a lot of the stuff you see around the city that they have given up on the government helping them and are trying to do it themselves. So many peoples lives changed in the very stadium I was sitting in. It was so sad to see and very hard not to become emotional when thinking about it at the Superdome. I could go on and on about this but I will move on.
After the game let out we took some pictures outside and then went back towards the main part of town. We grabbed something to eat and then of course went and took a nap LOL. When we got up we went walking around for a while and then went to eat at a place off of Bourbon St. called DeJaVoo. It was great food. After that we walked back to Bourbon St to see what was going on. It wasn't nearly as crowded as it had been Friday and Saturday. I had called it quits on drinking. Dave decided to get a hand grenade and try to drink that but after a while we decided that we were going to call it an early night (like 12 or 1am)and headed back to the hotel. The poor hand grenade went down the drain. We had drank enough for the weekend. We had a nice time hanging out at the hotel together and just relaxing. There was a lot to do and see around the city but the moments we had to just relax and hang out together in the room were great too. Its amazing how much more you appreciate those moments after you have kids.
See ya,Christy
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