Spring Break!

The month of March welcomed the traditional student holiday which one calls Spring Break. The dates of my Spring Break at UF fortunately coincided with the dates of Mardi Gras and of course, we decided to take full advantage of this. New Orleans was pretty chaotic with hundreds of people wearing fancy dress and drinking freely! Parades occurred in the day and night where marching bands and floats would enthusiastically move down the roads whilst throwing beads to onlookers. Some people took the beads very seriously and their necks were engrossed with hundreds of beads, however for me I had far too many painful experiences of being ambushed with beads that soon I began to dodge them! Most parties started in the morning and carried on late into the night and the streets were constantly filled with street entertainment. Aside from Mardi Gras, New Orleans provided some delightful Creole food and also beautiful buildings and shops in the French Quarter and I would love to go back and explore all the unique shops.

For the second half of our Spring Break we headed over to Panama City Beach in Florida for some traditional Spring Break action i.e. beach in the day and partying all night. Most of the clubs had ridiculous entry prices which we couldn't justify paying for so watch out for that and there are plenty of other places which are cheaper! Just because it is Spring Break, people believe they can rip people off! This was a fun experience but it was just like any other holiday in a place like Malia and Zante but still all in all a great Spring Break and a week to remember!