Day 16 - the day we went on Elvis' jet

28th July 2013

It was such an early start as we had to be at the Greyhound station for 5.45am for our day trip to Memphis, Tennessee. At the station my beautiful cousins FaceTimed me (told you I'd put you on my blog girls!!). Goodness knows why they thought I'd be awake! 

The bus was lovely as there was only about 10 of us on it, which meant we could have 2 seats each,recline them all the way and sleep. However of the ten people on the bus we did manage to sit near to some American idiot who did it stop telling us all the places we need to go and asking us endless questions about UK. We definitely managed a couple of hours kip though.

We arrived in Memphis and got ourselves  straight to Graceland. It was fantastic.

We had platinum tickets so got to see around the mansion and all of the exhibits. We took sooo many photos.

Elvis' living room

Elvis' dining room

Elvis' kitchen 

Mirrored staircase

The bar in the TV room

The Pool room

Indoor waterfall

We had some lunch at the Rockabilly cafe which was decked out like a 50s diner. I can't pretend we ate anything healthy there.

We then went on both Elvis' private jet and his passenger plane. As you do.

24 karat gold leaf sink!

Everyone has to have their own blue suede bed on their aeroplane!!

Next was the car museum. Some of my faves:

In the gift shops you can buy replica Elvis jumpsuits but only of you have his bank account.

The next stop was Sun Records:

Then down to Beale St. 

All down the street are golden notes with various names associated with the blues.

We had free dinner at BB King's as part of our tour. When we both ordered salad we were not expecting quite so much of it.

We had to leave before dark as we had to get the greyhound back to Nashville. Then we had just a couple hours sleep before we has to be back at the terminal for the trip to Atlanta. I'm not sure quite what we're running on; there must be something still left in our bloodstream from cocktails on Saturday. Lots of love xxxx