We got up this morning in St. Louis, but we were moving slow! We made it to Memphis about lunchtime. WE had lunch outside by the river at the Welcome Center. There were some pretty cool statues inside the BB King Elvis Presley Welcome center; the kids thought it was neat. I threatened the boys within an inch of their lives when I read the sign that said, "Don't Touch! Alarm Protected" That's liike a flashing sign BEGGING them to touch!! Outside, there was a really cool egg given by the Stained Glass Society of Memphis or something like that. It [View Full Entry]

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It's 7:30 AM. I'm sitting in my office at work. It's my last day here. This job's been good to me. I've made more money here than any other I've ever had, and I've been endowed with full day-to-day control of every aspect of this furniture store's operations. Being the boss is good. But this is not my purpose. I'm quitting the best job I've ever had so that I can travel through South America for 4 months. About a year ago I stepped back and took a look at my life. I had recently gotten promoted to Store Manager younger [View Full Entry]

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It's been just over four months since my arrival in Memphis (the city I used to refer to as "The Land of Pork and Poverty") and much to my surprise life here in the capital of the 'Mid-South' region has grown on me. Perhaps its the amazing group of friends from work, the low cost of living, the Southern Charm, non-existent traffic, the chance to live in-town (as opposed to exile in suburban Virginia) and the feel of a small town community in the midst of two million citizens. I'd hoped to gather pictures from a greater variety of Memphis' many [View Full Entry]

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Hey this is my first entry and I'm super excited because I have actually decided what I will be doing for the new year. It was such a tough choice with so many great families to choose from and so little time to decide, but I am going to be living in Berlin, Germany with a wonderful family. I will be an Aupair for the family and take German courses to improve my non-existent German. :) I will be arriving on the 9th of July, but I have lots more moves to make before that time. I am going to be [View Full Entry]

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HH -> A-Town -> Bingo, Alabama -> Memphis Today we drove about 650 miles or so. Ten hours in the car. We stopped once for gas when we crossed into the central time zone! The most impressive part about that is the cell phones switched automatically upon the Central Time Zone sign. This is officially the farthest west Pete has ever been. We started the day in SC and had to back track a little bit back into Georgia to take I-16 to Atlanta before getting on I-75 and then 78 and then 240 and then 40. Luckily for pretty much [View Full Entry]

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Saturday Night - April 18th Woke up this morning to Elvis music which constantly plays throughout the hotel and had some hotel breakfast (English muffin and what they like to call juice). We showered up and headed into the city. We didn’t really have any plans for many things so we were pretty much winging it. Parked the car by the Mississippi River, really weird but it was free and in a well lit area, good enough for us. We walked up Beale Street which was awesome. They had a Corvette car show which closed down the whole street. We were [View Full Entry]

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For all you Elvis fans, here's to Taking Care of Business in Graceland! Enjoy the pics! [View Full Entry]

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045 - USA - Memphis 03/23/09 - 03/25/09 “I'm going to Graceland... Graceland... Memphis, Tennessee...” -Paul Simon Ever wonder how we chose the destinations for our round-the-world trip? It wasn't a scientific process but we did have some selection criteria. First, we wanted to go to places that we've never visited before (except for Greece which was our halfway 'recharge' point). So, as cool as Aussies are, I've been there, so Oz was out and Indonesia in. Next, we chose places that we'd rather not go with a family in tow... so New Zealand out, India in. We didn't wan [View Full Entry]

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Chapter 10. Walking in Memphis, TENNESSEE Before we left today was what I was looking forward to most (besides surprising Robert of course), going to GRACELAND!!!!! We woke up early thanks to our walking alarm clock…Noah, had breakfast and walked out the door for the 3 hour drive to Memphis. Arriving at Graceland around 11.30, we bought our tickets and loaded onto the shuttle to go across the road to Elvis’ house!!!! We received the lecture at the door, “ No smoking, no food or drinks, no flash photography, no video or recording equipment. You can only go through [View Full Entry]

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Hello friends, trying to upload photos...getting ready to leave tomorrow for SouthEast Asia [View Full Entry]

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