Let me start by saying i am not going to be able to sleep in at all this trip because my travel buddy wakes up at the crack of dawn! When i say early i mean early - yesterday morning i herd him moving around at 6:00am! We were still in Nashville at this point, and we decided to ride out Bikes down to Broadway street, and look around maybe buy some souvenirs. Again, live music was going on at 10:00am on this street. They are a fan on country down this way.
We left Nashville around 2:30pm and headed to Memphis, TN where we were couch surfing with a guy by the name of Gabe Bouck. Couch surfing is basically when people open up their homes to individuals or groups who travel around the world and need a place to sleep (and its free). The house was really nice - looks like it was built about 3 years ago. Gabe seemed like a nice guy over when it came to first impressions. Very inviting and talkative. He has hosted people from all over the world and says must of his surfers are European. His roommate Doug was a little weird! His personality was dry and sarcastic and put you in those moments where he made a joke, and you felt like you had to laugh to be polite. Gabe took us out to dinner in downtown Memphis at this place called South of Beals (SOB). It was a really great restaurant with different authentic food. I had a bar pie - which was this flatbread with cheese, eggplant, and zucchini on it. Kevin is a pretty plain eater, but i have to say he has been putting himself out there. He tried sardines last night along with olives and hushpuppies the other night.
On our way home after dinner - Gabe had the music going at an ear piercing level and was singing his heart out. I forgot to mention his favorite things in life which are photography and music (as he used to play in a band). He actually has a pretty good voice, and I'm pretty sure he was serenading Kevin in the front seat if you know what i mean! He was so upset at Kevin for not singing along to the proclaimers 5,000 miles that he stopped the music and gave him a lecture on his participation skills. At this point I am just dying laughing in the back seat, and of coarse i am singing along because who doesnt love that song!
Today we are planning on going to the civil rights museum in Memphis and then head to New Orleans.
Oh yea. I just wanted to add that I am going to post a link to Kevin's page on my blog. You can read about his day and get a different prospective. We are not going to read the other persons thoughts until out trip is over
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