A Day Around Memphis

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Memphis, Tenessee

The day started with an early morning walk. I ended up getting horribly lost needed up in some rough districts. In the end I found a nice little church called St Patrick opposite the FedEx Stadium.

Beale Street in the morning

I wondered down to Sun Studios were Elvis and Johnny Cash recorded some of their most famouse stuff. On the way down I took plenty of photos of the city on a typical Sunday afternoon.

Free bus back and found the Rock and I found the rock and Soul Museum which was also pretty cool.

 

Sunset on the Mississippi.

In the evening met up with rest of the group and met on the roof of the hotel where I made this large panoramic pic (click to view a bigger version) and had some cheeky cocktails.  more southern food in the form of a rack of ribs and another live band.

Americana – Day 7

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Memphis

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Memphis, Tenessee

Packing up from our campsite on the way we popped into a Dukes of Hazzard Museum lots of tacky crap and a General Lee! I always thought the Hazzard County was supposed to be in South Georgia correct me if I’m wrong………..

The journey continued onto Memphis. No camping here – these few days we will stay in a hotel.

Then out onto Beale Street – plenty of Blues and Jazz bars! Plenty fo more fried food and another messy night for lots of the group!

 

This was a bar a la Cayote Ugly style the hilarity ensued as bouncers heaved off some of the male members of the group as the tried to climb onto the bar as well.

 

Rather splendidly we took a carriage back to the hotel.

Americana – Day 6

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Kentucky to Tenneese

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Nashville, Road Trip, Tenessee

After everyone had packed up and recovered from their hangovers – the next place we headed of to was…yes a distillery!

We made it to the distillery for Maker’s Mark. While not being a bourbon drinker myself I found going round it and learning how its all made fascinating. It helped that the guide was amusing as well. I managed to take quite a few photos – sadly most of it looks like sick in a large bowl, as there were no industrial secrets here (unlike in the Slugger factory).

Fortunately people in the group didn’t make use of all the free samples (they were just pure alcohol before being put in the casks) and we headed off further south across the border to Tennessee. We then stopped off at the home of country music – Nashville.

We stopped off an ate some “healthy” southern food (fried and in batter) and went to a few bars to see people sing karaoke. Me thinks people practise here as they all seem to be auditioning rather then making a fool of themselves. I (foolishly) bought myself a cowboy hat – ironically it says made in China on the inside.

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