Graceland Meditation Garden
2024年8月5日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
To one side of the house lies the meditation garden. This is where Elvis is buried alongside all of his ascendants and stillborn brother.
Around Graceland
2024年8月5日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Also around Graceland is the Welcome to Graceland sign and two of Elvis' private jets!
Random Spots in Memphis
2024年8月5日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
So, from Graceland I headed into town (this time refusing to walk and waiting an hour for the bus, don't worry I had a bench, some shade and my Kindle), so here's a few random stops.
First up theもっと詳しく
Beale Street and Beyond
2024年8月5日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
"I was walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale". What Marc Cohn meant by this I'm not quite sure but next up was Memphis' strip on Beale Street. Not particularly lively on an early Monday afternoonもっと詳しく
Lorraine Motel
2024年8月5日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
The Lorraine Motel, the site of Martin Luther King's assassination on the balcony outside of room 306. The hotel now serves as the National Civil Rights Museum. It's well kept with a few lovelyもっと詳しく
Walking in Memphis
2024年8月5日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
As I reached the outskirts of the centre of town I headed down to the park on the riverfront. At this point is was absolutely baking so I kept taking breaks in the shade every few minutes for my ownもっと詳しく
The View From Arkansas
2024年8月5日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C
So by crossing the bridge I can say I've crossed the 4th longest river in the world and also visited another state, albeit only for a few moments!
Heading Back Downtown
2024年8月5日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C
After crossing the bridge the afternoon was getting on so the sun felt much less relentless. I took a lovely stroll back towards town along this raised path between a stunning row of houses and theもっと詳しく
Peabody Hotel Ducks
2024年8月5日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
This trip has been full of surreal moments and this was one of them. Within the Peabody Hotel, possibly Memphis' most famous hotel, resides a group of ducks (no idea what you call that). These ducksもっと詳しく
Fish and Chips
2024年8月5日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
After putting in 33,000 steps and 319 active minutes today I thought I better treat myself to a fish and chips at the Irish bar over the road. It also happened to be martini Monday so a win win.
Memphis > Vegas > LA
2024年8月6日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Today was somewhat of a write off as I flew from Memphis to Vegas to LA. Even though my flight wasn't till 1pm I set off at around 10am for the airport as I don't trust the Memphis public transport.もっと詳しく
Arriving in LA!
2024年8月6日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
I landed in LA just in time to catch the sunset on the bus into town. I then had to take the subway to my hostel which is just a block off of Hollywood Boulevard.
I stepped out of the metro stationもっと詳しく
Runyon Canyon Park
2024年8月7日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
This morning I was up and out before 8am (not intentionally) and I headed up to the park just behind my hostel. It was full of people running and walking their dogs and I can understand why it's suchもっと詳しく
Sunset Boulevard
2024年8月7日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
After succeeding in mission laundry and being turned away for a haircut I took the bus to nearby Sunset Boulevard. This road is full of swanky hotels and in the hills behind it live starts such asもっと詳しく
The Getty
2024年8月7日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
My next stop was to take the bus to The Getty, an art gallery with spectacular architecture and even better views over the city!
On the way there I befriend a Dutch guy named Olivier who seemedもっと詳しく
Venice Beach and Canals
2024年8月7日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Me and Olivier then took the bus all the way down to Venice Beach. It had suddenly gone cloudy and a bit cold but still you can see why the beachcis so famous! We also took a wander down to the nearbyもっと詳しく
Santa Monica Beach
2024年8月7日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Like something straight out of GTA V, as it grew dark we wandered down the boardwalk towards the world famous Santa Monica pier! There were groups of people all over just doing their think whetherもっと詳しく
Santa Monica Pier
2024年8月7日, アメリカ ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
We finished the day at the Santa Monica Pier. After wandering around the different rides and stalls we decided we'd have a go on the 'West Coaster'. It was good fun to be fair and even waiting in theもっと詳しく
Walk of Fame - The Made Up
2024年8月8日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
This category goes out simply to charachters that simply aren't real yet have still earned themselves a star.
Morning in LA
2024年8月8日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
This morning I started off with a haircut! It went well in my opinion and for $40 it damn well should do.
I then started wandering down Hollywood Boulevard, first up encountering the Chinese theatre,もっと詳しく
Walk of Fame - The Bad
2024年8月8日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Calling some of these 'the bad' may be a little harsh so maybe 'the funny' would be more appropriate. Donald Trump neighbouring Kevin Spacey has to be my personal favourite.
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Once saw the Harlem Globetrotters in Manchester, can't remember the arena though, Meadowlark Lemon was the big entertainer, a funny man but brilliant basketball player as they all where/are. 👍
Hollywood Bowl (By Day)
2024年8月8日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
As I headed down the Walk of Fame I made a detour to see the Hollywood Bowl. A very impressive venue even if I couldn't see much of it!
Walk of Fame - The Good
2024年8月8日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
So I'm going to split the Hollwood Walk of Fame stars into the good (x2), the bad and the made up. Starting off with the good! There are over 2,700 stars and I saw every single one. Even trying to beもっと詳しく
Downtown LA Pt.1
2024年8月8日, アメリカ ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
As midday drew close I jumped on the subway into downtown LA, aka the finance district. I did of course pass by the PwC office, the skyscrapers, the market and took a ride on the world's shortestもっと詳しく
