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Gospel, Blues and Southern Fried Chicken
... then are marched back the same way. It has been happening since the 1930's after a resident bought some ducks back to the hotel as a practical joke. There is always a crowd and today we had the added bonus of a children's choir singing Christmas Carols.
Lunch was at Gus's Restaurant where southern fried chicken is the speciality and it was delicious with a nice cold beer. ...
Overdo report
... abject poverty and slavery, stuff like that).
We ended up back in St. Louis to see the Gateway Arch which just didn’t happen the prior day. St. Louis fell victim to our insane schedule so it looks like we can’t check it off our list. Here’s hoping that Southwest offers a sweet ‘wanna get away’ fare so that we can spend a weekend eating barbeque. The botanical gardens looked impressively large and the science museum seemed intriguing as ...
Memphis-chapter 2
... the entire Mississippi River! Then we went to the
Mud Island River Museum.
Tonight we are going to Blues City Cafe to have ribs and compare them with the ribs we had last night. Every restaurant in Memphis has the "best ribs in Memphis"!
Back from Blues City Cafe and we have decided that the ribs at Blues City were much better that those at the Rendezvous! I tried catfish for the first time.
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Knoxville TN to Memphis TN - 688km
... but we are faced with a lot of American diner chain restaurants all featuring mammoth portions of steak. Style and quiet simplicity is lacking. The music is LOUD and the streets are buzzing. We are frisked as we pass some of the street entrances. There is obviously a lot of “action” here on Friday night. We head back for an earlyish night as there is much to do on the car in the morning before we can venture into the city.
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Memphis – The coldest place on earth!
Memphis is the home of cotton, blues, Elvis and yummy bbq ribs! Again, we are staying in the city centre. Many of the cities we have visited really don't have that many things to see so I think a bus tour and an overnight stay is much better than flying between states and spending a lot of time at each place.
Dinner was at a café is the middle of St Beale street which is in the heart of the city and is closed off to traffic. There are heaps ...
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