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Visiting Elvis at Graceland

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December 3rd 2007
As we mentioned in one of the previous entries, we had Ian and Sandra visiting for just on four weeks, and one of the places they really wanted to visit that we hadn't been yet was Memphis in Tennessee. Memphis is quite a well known town for a number of reasons, but the most famous of them all is being home to Elvis Presley's home - Graceland. Fiona took a few days off work and we flew in Memph ... read more

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