It’s a break from Mardi Gras, but only from the celebration part. The thumbnail doesn’t really do this justice. The morning sun reflecting off the golden dome of the church was a very nice awakening.
It’s also a nice reminder to me that Mardi Gras, while being absorbed into the mainstream culture, is still very much a religious event. One of the things that I found quite incredible, in New Orleans, was that the parties would go VERY hard, right up to 11:59 Tuesday night. But at Midnight, it stopped. Fat Tuesday was over, and Ash Wednesday began. Mardi Gras was over.
But it’s not Ash Wednesday yet, so we’ve got some more to do.