Amtrak Mardi Gras Service

See it did not take that long of a wait. Here are the preliminary stats from the Southern Rail Commission Conference Call and the Amtrak PowerPoint slide deck. All that was required was a little patience:

Another update. I think the Baton Rouge route from New Orleans will move forwards to service. So the more LA builds up with Amtrak service the better in my opinion.

I wonder if people in France think it odd that we have a train here named “Fat Tuesday”?

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Most of them are likely to know all about the day before Mercredi des Cendres and the start of Careme.

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Or Aschermittwoch and Fastnachtsdienstag.

But do the Germans celebrate wildly on that day before Lent starts? The Russians have this:

Yes, in the traditionally Catholic areas like Rhineland and Bavaria. Karnival or Fasching

Slightly knew his son, Soulima.

Holy cow, I had no idea!

Wish I’d had the chance.

The parades are pretty wild, also somewhat off-color.

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