Saturday 26th January - STRAYA DAY
It's
Australia Day, so you can imagine how much stick we have gotten about
being kiwis ... 'what time is it? what number comes after 5? can you say
fish n chips?' ...
Today we got a 'sleep in' not needing to leave
the hotel til 9.30am. After breakfast we all piled back onto the bus
and headed for Graceland - home of Elvis. We did a tour which took us
through his house and around the estate. Was so cool, but felt a bit
weird going through the house knowing that he died upstairs - this area
is shut off as courtesy to the family (he died in the bathroom if you
weren't aware).
We saw his grave and the memorials for all his family, and left feeling a bit eerie.
Over
the road we went through his car colletion museum and got to have a
look inside his private planes which were very retro - complete with
gold seatbelt buckles!
After Graceland we headed back downtown, via Sun Studios
and Motel Lorraine where Dr Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.
We then wandered around town for a while in desperate search for
Starbucks; then went to Gus's Fried Chicken so the boys could sample the
finest Fried Chicken Tennessee has to offer.
We checked out Beale street, this is where it all happens in Memphis,
the city is pretty dead apart from this one street - looks like Broadway
in Nashville, only smaller; and then went back to the hotel for some
downtime before dinner at a famous BBQ restaurant and another night out
on the town.
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