The drumming of sound, the beat of music, and soon your hips are swaying to the percussive rhythms reverberating on the streets. You are not the only one, thousands upon thousands let loose every Carnival which is held right before the start of Lent. For days the roads of New Orleans are livelier than ever with colorful parades, floats of all sizes made with the most intricate attention to detail, an assortment of music that will please your aural senses, and a whole lot of people from all walks of life celebrating as if there were no tomorrow.
Beads get tossed and as the festivities draw to a close on Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras as the French call it, the throngs of tourists and locals go for one last hurray of partying. This time of year, the streets of the French Quarter, most especially Bourbon Street, get filled to the brim with the frenzy of the young and young at heart, doing all the sin they can before they cleanse themselves for the Lenten season.
If you want to be where all the action is, consider looking at the new homes New Orleans has in the area close to the parade routes and party venues. Living nearby ensures that you won't have a difficult time enjoying the festivities, going to exclusive invite-only masked balls, and letting the music infiltrate your being.
