Getting There...

With Mikie's Dairy bar food filling our stomachs, we were off to New Orleans at about noon yesterday. Everything went smoothly on the drive over there. We stopped in St. Louis around 6:00 and ate at a semi-classy Italian Restaurant. We left equipped with a menu thanks to Jed. From there, we wanted to go up the arch, but it was closed when we got there. We instead drove past some friendly people in a sketchy car in a sketchy parking lot. We then stopped by a sports bar to watch the Badger Game and then we were off once again! We drove through the night, stopping a few times to switch drivers and also making a stop where we thought a gas station was... but to our suprise it was closed and also a little shifty. We continued driving until we arrived in New Orleans at about 9:00 am. We then met our contact person, Katrina, who showed us to our house. The house is a gorgeous antibellum home in a quaint neighborhood. There are large rooms, hardwood floors, a full kitchen and a wrap around porch. After checking out the house we went to Oak Street Cafe, directed by Elvis. Here we all got breakfast and had some quality conversation about politics with two older New Orleans natives. We then returned to the house and Amanda found out she was accepted into the school of business! Congrats! We are now waiting for Katrina to return from her meeting and give us instructions. We are very tired but excited to be here!