Last weekend, me and Heather decided to take a much needed trip to Memphis which revolved entirely around her favourite man, Elvis Presley. We stayed at an Elvis themed hotel, got driven to an Elvis themed diner in our own pink limo and ate food named after Elvis songs. Some may say it's too far, we say this is America, people!
The next day, we got breakfast included at our hotel which was a perk we weren't often exposed to on our trips here and literally walked next door to Graceland, the home of Elvis.
We took the tour around all the rooms of the house, the decor was pretty interesting. Especially the "jungle" room.
This is the suit Elvis wore to his wedding, snakeskin. Nice.
The Presleys- Elvis, his mom, his dad and his grandmother are all buried in the grounds of his property. The memorial statement on Elvis' and his mother's gravestones were written by his father.
We also got to see all his cars and his two airplanes.
After Graceland, we went to Beale Street to meet the rest of the Ole Miss internationals to watch the NBA basketball game.
The Grizzlies had an amazing win and in football, State (our biggest rival team) lost to Bama (the team that we had our biggest win against) so we were feeling pretty good!
I spent the entire next day in the library catching up with essays, but our Elvis trip was fun!
Speak soon
Em x
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