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Memphis Slideshow
Memphis
Travel Blogs from Memphis, United States
Nashville -> Memphis
Memphis is a bit like Las Vegas (I guess, as I haven't been yet) but still ok. A lot of live music, not as many stupid souvenirs about Elvis as you would think and, of course, Graceland, the house of the ...
Welcome to the South!
... ganz passend wieder - die Leute sprechen hier, als hätten sie ne Ladung E-Gitarren verschluckt. Ankunft im tropischen Memphis, wo Temperatur und Feuchtigkeit eher an Singapur erinnern. "Und jetzt bini in Memphis", um Polo Hofer zu zitieren. "Es ...
Graceland
The King.... OK.....so we left Nashville this morning on our way to Tunica, Mississippi to hit the casinos (because my boy is a dead-beat gambler). But along the way we had to make a stop in Graceland. When I told J the entrance fee was $22 he said ...
Bugs, Tour Guides, and Elvis
... U2. It was super cool. People down here go crazy for Elvis, so we were more interested in the place he sang, rather than his home at the way expensive Graceland. This was well worth another stop in Memphis. From here onto Nashville... Nic and Jess ...
Sonics, Chakras, and Y's'ms
... to the sounds of biblical blue grass and then one more rendition of my new favorite song "Mr. Mom." More sonic for lunch YUM! Memphis frightens the girls and to some extent me too but it'll be worth it for graceland! Tomorrow we hope to head to the ...
Up the Mississippi
Baton Rouge to Memphis, TN Packed up and headed down to Day 2 of the Pennington Balloon Championships. Pilots have to wait for the earth to heat up so they can use those winds to steer the sky ways. While I was waiting I managed to talk with ...
Walking in Memphis...and Nashville!
We decided to change our route a little bit and instead continued east to see the musical towns of Memphis and Nashville. Although neither of us are into Elvis or country music, it was still a great trip and we really enjoyed getting to see both ...
Last Day in Memphis
... , the very first team of ducks were Peabody, Gayoso, and Chisca - named for the three hotels owned by the Memphis Hotel Company in 1933. The Peabody's lobby fountain is cut from one enormous piece of travertine marble made and shipped from ...
Driving round the Deep South
... down near the end and we reached Clarksdale just before the predicted overnight thunderstorms. Tuesday 7th December - Clarksdale, Mississippi - Memphis, Tennessee (80 miles) Clarksdale sits on the area known as the Mississippi Delta - an area rich in ...
Day 6-9 Shaconage to Memphis
... of top live blues bands. Saw a great impromptu band in a small park playing some funk but my favourite was a blues band from Memphis called '2 weeks notice' who played loads of classic blues and some Lynard Skynard thrown in (my request of Free bird was ...
Getting ready for Brazil
Getting ready for Brazil is exciting. We are going because my sister Carolina is graduating from Law School. ...
Tennessee
... . after driving on i-40 non-stop, seeing all the major cities of tennessee, eating dinner then spending the night in the outskirts of memphis, i can truly say that tennessee has the best the south can offer. and i mean the real south since new orleans is ...
The Blues
Today we decided to visit Memphis. Although it was a long drive we thought it would be worth it to visit the home of the blues and rock music. We drove along Elvis Presley Blvd and stopped at Graceland; unfortunately it was not open for ...
Day 3: Nashville, TN, to Memphis, TN
... , resulted in our making a detour, whereby we headed into Mississippi for a ride, then headed north, and west, toward Memphis, on picturesque back-country roads. While enroute to Memphis, we passed several small towns, such as "Bucksnort" and ...
Even cowgirls get the blues!
... for some more touristy souvenirs, we headed to Beale Street to check out the local music scene. We immediately fell in love with Memphis when we arrived on Beale Street to discover the "big ass beers" and the fact that we could wander the streets (and ...
Walkin' In Memphis
... , Rock and Roll and all things music – Sun Studios. The tiny little corner studio, about fifteen minutes outside of Memphis and opposite a Petrol station, was rammed as it evidently always was. We pre-ordered our tickets for the next available tour ...
Walking in Memphis
... rode those bikes, “2-Wheel Cruisers” with a bottom rocker of “Little Rock Arkansas.” Walking in Memphis The Mississippi River is a beginning and ending point for me to see America. As many people in ...
walking in memphis
... tomorrow hopefully! which is an unusual way to spend valentines day! also want to go to the civil rights museaum whilst we are here in memphis cuz thats where Marti Luther King got shot. i also want to got to Sun studios if we get time. we are getting ...
Tomorrow Gracelands, Gracelands, Memphis Tennessee
Arrived in Memphis at 10:00pm after an 11 hour drive. On a map it doesn't look far until you SatNav it, which is really accurate. The Satnav has been fantastic as it takes the pressure off looking at a map. The Journey was really good. Driving into ...
Tennessee, USA - 05
... changed our home decorating ideas to incorporate shag-pile carpets on the floors, walls and ceilings!!! - Afterwards we visited downtown Memphis - seeing Beale street, the Orpheum Theatre, the walk of fame and take in some more southern comfort food ...
Close the Circle
... was a sign indicating West Memphis. This was it. I saw the large bridge that crossed the Mississippi River and delivers you to Memphis. This indicated that I had returned to my jump-off point. This river meant that I had gone into lands unknown to me one ...
I'm going the Gracelands
... disinterested than stunned, but Mike was used to it. Back at Sun Studios the next tour was already full, so having discovered that "Memphis is all about Basketball, BBQ and Elvis" from the hungry basketball fan behind the desk, we left the ...
Memphis
... , of which you were reminded by roadside signs! We drove through the whole state of Mississippi in a day and reached Memphis by late afternoon. As we headed into Memphis, we noticed Elvis Presley Boulevard on the map and Graceland was shown ...
Crawfish, Zydeco, Mud Island and Big Foot
Had a lovely relaxing day in Memphis. Started off looking for inexpensive parking and wound up driving around and around until I found a "deal" on parking - 3 dollars all day on, I think, Front Street at about Union. I walked up and down Union to get my ...
Memphis
Yesterday we left Nashville and drove to Memphis. We got checked in to the Peabody Hotel late afternoon after having a bit of difficulty finding how to get to the valet parking, we ended up parking in public parking and hauling our suitcases quite a ways ...