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Published: December 26th 2008
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11.12 - Leaving Cruces to San Antonio (600 miles) - Day 1
- Alex has to check out his apartment at 11am
- last time having lunch at TAOS for a long time and filling the boxes ;-)
- hitting the road at 12.45pm
- 11. to 12.: spending night at Sebastian’s place
12.12 - Leaving San Antonio to Baton Rouge (470 miles) - Day 2
- spending morning in San Antonio (river walk, the Alamos)
-leaving at 11am
- arriving in Baton Rouge in the night at 9pm
- 12. to 13.: spending night at Pavel’s dorm in the room with 2 other guys
13.12 - leaving Baton Rouge to Montgomery (365 miles) - Day 3
- waking up after proper sleep, getting “nice” breakfast, packing the car and let’s go!
- little tour through the campus of Louisiana State University
- driving along south coast (stopping at shrimps factory)
- stop in Mobile (most boring city ever)
-arriving in Montgomery in the afternoon at 5pm
- shopping at Montgomery’s mall, “black” cinema, Pavel’s first beautiful buy
- 13. to 14.: spending night
at Laura’s place (beautiful house with own little harbor)
14.12 - leaving Montgomery to Knoxville (344 miles) - Day 4
- spending a little time in Montgomery
- Dexter Avenue Baptist Church (Martin L. King started there his pastor career)
- “White” and “Black” churches
- first White House of Confederacy
- short downtown tour
- leaving Montgomery to Birmingham at 10.30am
- Civil Right Institute, Kelly Ingram Park with a homeless guy, 16th St Baptist Church
- Birmingham downtown (emptiness)
- Vulcan Park
- leaving in the afternoon/evening to Maryville
- 14. to 15.: spending night at Sean’s place
15.12 - Maryville - Day 5
- hiking in Smoky Mountains (Look Rock - Zen Garden, White Oak Sinks)
- Knoxville downtown (Downtown Grill & Brewery, Preservation Pub)
- 15. to 16.: spending night at Sean’s place
16.12 - Maryville - Day 6
- hiking in Smoky Mountains (Laurel Falls, Cove Mountain Trails, the Sinks)
- Knoxville downtown (Old City - Barleys: playing pool, beer for 2$)
- 16. to 17.: spending night at Sean’s place
17.12 - Maryville
- Day 7
- Just relaxing with Sean and Co.
- watching movie “Superbad” with “Souvenirpavel”
- 17. to 18.: spending night at Sean’s place
18.12 - leaving Maryville to Memphis (382 miles) - Day 8
- leaving Maryville early morning and going to Nashville
- walking through downtown and visiting the Capitol
- leaving Nashville to Memphis (Gibson Factory, Sun Studios, Rock and Soul Museum, short walk
through downtown, Mall, a lot of homeless people)
- 18 to 19.: spending night at Aaron’s place (Memphis CS ambassador)
19.12 - leaving Memphis to New Orleans (383 miles) - Day 9
- having American breakfast at CK’s diner
- Civil Rights Museum, Graceland (just from outside)
- leaving Memphis around noon to New Orleans
- barhopping on Bourbon Street, meeting “facial expression ”Rainer and Co., “Puke” Pavel
- spending night at Carli’s place
20.12 - leaving New Orleans to NY - Day 10
- NO cuisine (Gumbo, Crawfish, Jambalaya)
- short walk through French Quarter, amazing Break dancers
- wearing T-shirts at temperature of 23°C and blue sky
- leaving NO
at 7:00pm
- arriving in NY in the night 10:24pm
- 20. to 21.: spending night at Yuki’s and Ryoko’s apartment
21.12 - First day in NY - Day 11
- walking through Manhatten - Broadway
- wearing four layers of clothes at temperature of -5°C
- at 2:30 Broadway show “CHICAGO”
- Rockefeller Center and Central Park
- Chinatown
- Little Italy
- Statue of Liberty
- 21. to 22.: spending another night at Yuki’s and Ryoko’s place apartment
22.12 - NY - Day 12
- Ground Zero/World Trade Center
- American Museum of National History
- walking through Manhattan
- meeting H.B. and going to his place in Jersey City
- Cooking and hanging out on H.B.’s couch watching TV
- 22. to 23.: spending night at H.B.’s place
23.12 - NY - Day 13
- hanging out at H.B.’s place
- walking through main street of Hoboken
- 23. to 24.: spending night at H.B.’s place
24.12 - Merry Christmas in NY - Day 14
- leaving Jersey City around noon and check
in at Pod Hotel at 3pm
- Flat Iron Building
- having a good time with our friend “Jim”
- Blecker Street - Times Square - Blecker Street
- ending up in an American Bar
- 24. to 25.: spending the night in Pod Hotel New York
25.12 - NY - Day 15
- getting up late - Christmas skyping with families
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Chinatown
- 25. to 26.: spending the night in Pod Hotel New York
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