March 8, 2025 • 4 mins
Megan Singleton's coming out of her second week in New Orleans as Mardi Gras season continues.
She made it to the Orpheus Parade on Lundi Monday - and recapped a memorable experience riding in a parade float.
Read more about Megan's travel highlights - and check out the photos - here.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Sunday Session podcast with Francesca Rudgin
from News Talks EDB Travel with Wendy Woo tours where
the World is yours.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Now and joining us now from America is our travel
correspondent Meghan Singleton. Good morning, Megan.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
I am just currently looking at some photos of you
preparing yourself to ride a float in the New Orleans
Mardi Gras, and all I will say is, you've got
to want to. You gotta love dressing up if you're
going to if you're going to be a star on
a float in the year grade, how was it tell
us all about it?
Speaker 3 (00:46):
Okay, so I look, because you said last week you
needed to hear all about it. We're doing a second
week on New Orleans Marti Gras. So on Tuesday I
got to ride with the Orpheus crew on actually here
it was Monday, so lundy Monday, Tuesday is Mardi Gras Day,
fat Tuesday. Wednesday is ash Wednesday. That is the beginning
of Lent. So on myday day, we are all about
(01:07):
the carnival and we had to don our polyester suits.
As you will be able to see that I had
put it on the blog over what they said, just
wear yoga pants and a T shirt and you know,
trainers or whatever, because you need to be able to
move and stretch. And oh my word, the photos you'll
see of me looking so happy. Little did I know
(01:27):
that my shoulders, my back, it was. We were in
agony for two days afterwards. But you can see the
fancy dresses. There are twenty something floats that we all
met in the morning, we got our outfits on. We
finally got rolling at about six pm through the Garden District,
(01:48):
not in the French Quarter, so that's not where these
rolling parades go. But I have put pictures up of
me throwing beads from the balcony on Bourbon Street to
people below. It's another whole New Orleans scene, which, yeah,
which you get at Mardy Graub. You do actually get
those beads on Bourbon Street and other times as well.
But Francesca, look at the tact Look how much stuff
(02:13):
we have to throw to people. I'm talking thousands and
thousands of beaded necklaces. We had cups, we had socks
and caps and soft toys. And I'm standing on the
top row of a double story float. I have to
tippy toe all night just to see over the the
(02:34):
crops and the paraphernalia that's on the side of the float.
My calves are thought, why are they so sore? For
two days afterwards?
Speaker 2 (02:40):
It on tiptoe.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
It is just the most unbelievable experience. At one point,
like you have to as an audience member, You've got
to keep your eyes about you because things come flying
off in all directions. I threw a cup blessed cup
at someone I thought they were watching. They were not watching,
not do glass of wine straight out of the hand,
and I laughed so hard I had to crouch down
(03:02):
so she couldn't see me. But you just you can
get the feel of that, can't you. And those far
which I only just literally uploaded the last few minutes.
So it's a bit of fun, I tell you what.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
And I like the way that you were tied on
as well, they tied they tied you on. Just safety first,
safety first. Look, I mean, there is an awful you're
right taking a look at the float filled with all
these strings of beads and all the stuff. There's a
lot of this stuff, isn't there, Meg?
Speaker 3 (03:30):
And I'm giving you some street photos because a lot
of that stuff ends on the ground and a lot
of plastic and a lot there. They say we've got
a recycling program. Yeah, I kind of need to see
a little bit more about that. There's no way from
what I saw with the street clean up. Look at
that street. Look at that picture that's filled with plastic rubbish.
(03:52):
That is just the end of one of the parades
on one of the days, and that is every single day.
Oh my lord, you we and you know plastic makes
the hairs on the back of our next stand up
us Kiwi's right. They never seen so much plas sick
in my life.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Oh look, thank you so much for taking us through that. Megan.
Head to bloger at large dot com if you want
to take a look at what Meghan is talking about
and see her experience of being on the float at
the Mardi Gram. We'll catch up next week. It is
thirteen to twelve.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
For more from the Sunday session with Francesca Rudkin, listen
live to News Talks it'd be from nine am Sunday,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to the Sunday Session podcast with Francesca Rudgin
from News Talks EDB Travel with Wendy Woo tours where
the World is yours.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Now and joining us now from America is our travel
correspondent Meghan Singleton. Good morning, Megan.
Speaker 3 (00:24):
Good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
I am just currently looking at some photos of you
preparing yourself to ride a float in the New Orleans
Mardi Gras, and all I will say is, you've got
to want to. You gotta love dressing up if you're
going to if you're going to be a star on
a float in the year grade, how was it tell
us all about it?
Speaker 3 (00:46):
Okay, so I look, because you said last week you
needed to hear all about it. We're doing a second
week on New Orleans Marti Gras. So on Tuesday I
got to ride with the Orpheus crew on actually here
it was Monday, so lundy Monday, Tuesday is Mardi Gras Day,
fat Tuesday. Wednesday is ash Wednesday. That is the beginning
of Lent. So on myday day, we are all about
(01:07):
the carnival and we had to don our polyester suits.
As you will be able to see that I had
put it on the blog over what they said, just
wear yoga pants and a T shirt and you know,
trainers or whatever, because you need to be able to
move and stretch. And oh my word, the photos you'll
see of me looking so happy. Little did I know
(01:27):
that my shoulders, my back, it was. We were in
agony for two days afterwards. But you can see the
fancy dresses. There are twenty something floats that we all
met in the morning, we got our outfits on. We
finally got rolling at about six pm through the Garden District,
(01:48):
not in the French Quarter, so that's not where these
rolling parades go. But I have put pictures up of
me throwing beads from the balcony on Bourbon Street to
people below. It's another whole New Orleans scene, which, yeah,
which you get at Mardy Graub. You do actually get
those beads on Bourbon Street and other times as well.
But Francesca, look at the tact Look how much stuff
(02:13):
we have to throw to people. I'm talking thousands and
thousands of beaded necklaces. We had cups, we had socks
and caps and soft toys. And I'm standing on the
top row of a double story float. I have to
tippy toe all night just to see over the the
(02:34):
crops and the paraphernalia that's on the side of the float.
My calves are thought, why are they so sore? For
two days afterwards?
Speaker 2 (02:40):
It on tiptoe.
Speaker 3 (02:41):
It is just the most unbelievable experience. At one point,
like you have to as an audience member, You've got
to keep your eyes about you because things come flying
off in all directions. I threw a cup blessed cup
at someone I thought they were watching. They were not watching,
not do glass of wine straight out of the hand,
and I laughed so hard I had to crouch down
(03:02):
so she couldn't see me. But you just you can
get the feel of that, can't you. And those far
which I only just literally uploaded the last few minutes.
So it's a bit of fun, I tell you what.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
And I like the way that you were tied on
as well, they tied they tied you on. Just safety first,
safety first. Look, I mean, there is an awful you're
right taking a look at the float filled with all
these strings of beads and all the stuff. There's a
lot of this stuff, isn't there, Meg?
Speaker 3 (03:30):
And I'm giving you some street photos because a lot
of that stuff ends on the ground and a lot
of plastic and a lot there. They say we've got
a recycling program. Yeah, I kind of need to see
a little bit more about that. There's no way from
what I saw with the street clean up. Look at
that street. Look at that picture that's filled with plastic rubbish.
(03:52):
That is just the end of one of the parades
on one of the days, and that is every single day.
Oh my lord, you we and you know plastic makes
the hairs on the back of our next stand up
us Kiwi's right. They never seen so much plas sick
in my life.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
Oh look, thank you so much for taking us through that. Megan.
Head to bloger at large dot com if you want
to take a look at what Meghan is talking about
and see her experience of being on the float at
the Mardi Gram. We'll catch up next week. It is
thirteen to twelve.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
For more from the Sunday session with Francesca Rudkin, listen
live to News Talks it'd be from nine am Sunday,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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