Half Way House, Jackson, Tennessee
Day 239
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
I felt so grumpy getting ready to go to Memphis on the Greyhound! I hated the trip to Nashville and expected the same to Memphis..and it was! Grrr...
The only hightlight was getting out at Jackson (remember the song that Johnny Cash sang about getting the train to Jackson......) and having a cheese burger! I was so hungry.....
What a highlight! AND..i overcooked it in the microwave that was on the counter there at the Half Way House.
It took four hours..a bit like the trip from Perth to Gero...only the bus (if you can imagine) was 10 times worse! Crikey........what are we doing travelling like this?????
Anyway..we survived and when we arrived in Memphis we decided to catch a taxi (cab) to our hotel, then realised it was only about 200 metres down the road...so it cost us $7 for a hop, skip and a jump.
I've had a few comments about being a 'strong woman' when people see me carrying my front and back pack. Women comment that they wouldn't do it..and men comment to Greg that they're going to get their women to do this!!!
It's so funny. America doesn't seem to find it acceptable for a woman to be carrying gear like this......(At times..i find it pretty unacceptable as well!!! And after being on a grotty bus was one of those times i just wish i was in a five star hotel with a porter!!!!)
I almost feel unfeminine when the woman look me up and down.....like they're thinking i'm some poor thing with a husband who is demanding i carry this heavy load or something! (Greg says, "Hey, mine's heavy too!!!" haha
Anyway, getting a taxi saved us trying to work out how to get to the hotel and going the wrong way (which is something we're good at) and it's nice here...we pre-booked the accomodation here in Memphis, because when we came by here last time (when we came from Dallas) we had a few hours to check out hotels and found they were booked out due to a convention going on.. so when we got to Nashville we booked this...
It's near Beale Street so we're in the heart of town...which is great! It's the BLUES capital of the universe here in Memphis i tell you....
AND...Elvis impersonator is on every corner!!! We saw them on the way here in the cab..then when we went for a walk after booking in, they were singing their hearts out in the bars Beale Street!!!
Such a great place...
And we only have two nights here now.......
