lawdy_missclawdy
09-01-2007, 12:43 PM
Two days ago I returned from the best vacation ever! I came home to cold Denmark after two ? week in America! One week in Memphis, two days in Las Vegas and a week on Honolulu.
And I just fell in love with Memphis! The mood among the thousands of fans was just amazing. I visited Graceland three times, and I was also at the candlelight vigil. Even though we had to give up going the whole way through, it was still a unique and touching moment to stand there outside the gates, my candlelight in the air, listening to Elvis sing "If I Can Dream". And all the Elvis shops and museums was just like being in seventh heaven to me! I tell you, I almost had overweight in my suitcase on our way home.
Beale Street is every musicfan's dream. There was so much life and energy in that street. One night we sat in a restaurant, and the 68 comeback show was playing on the tv. The volume was turned very much up, but I could barely hear the sound, because the music from the street was so loud. But it was a lot of fun! :P
And then there was the concert at the FedEx Forum! I can't describe it with words. It was my first time at one of these "big screen"-concerts. And it was one of the best thing about the whole vacation. Just another big reminder of why I love Elvis so much!
Being at the Sun Studio was also an amazing experience. To be there where not only Elvis, but also so many other great artists, such as Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash has recorded. I grabbed the microphone and sang "That's Alright Mama" while italian tvreporters were filming me. God, I was nervous, but I don't regret it at all. It was so fun, and a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Then it was off to Las Vegas. Which was pretty cool, but two days was just not enough time!! But I experienced New York, Venice, Paris and Greece all at the same time by just being in Vegas! :lol:
And Honolulu was just as I had imagined. The weather was lovely, the waves in the water was huge, and people were running around with their surfboards on their heads. But my most favorite hang-out place was ... no, not the beach. The Rock Island Caf? :notworthy Totally 50s-inspired, Elvis everywhere, and the funniest waitresses I've ever met!
I bought home a Hawaii-garland, not real flowers, but i thought it was beautiful. Untill I read the sign hanging on the garland. Bought in Honolulu, "made in China". :doh:
Thank you for listening. I just wanted to share the best vacation ever with all my Elvis friends! :) I had this picture made in a store right across Graceland. And I'm personally very satisfied with the result!! :P Elvis and me :wub:
http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/8466/billede1wq1.jpg
By missclawdy93 (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/missclawdy93) at 2007-09-01
And I just fell in love with Memphis! The mood among the thousands of fans was just amazing. I visited Graceland three times, and I was also at the candlelight vigil. Even though we had to give up going the whole way through, it was still a unique and touching moment to stand there outside the gates, my candlelight in the air, listening to Elvis sing "If I Can Dream". And all the Elvis shops and museums was just like being in seventh heaven to me! I tell you, I almost had overweight in my suitcase on our way home.
Beale Street is every musicfan's dream. There was so much life and energy in that street. One night we sat in a restaurant, and the 68 comeback show was playing on the tv. The volume was turned very much up, but I could barely hear the sound, because the music from the street was so loud. But it was a lot of fun! :P
And then there was the concert at the FedEx Forum! I can't describe it with words. It was my first time at one of these "big screen"-concerts. And it was one of the best thing about the whole vacation. Just another big reminder of why I love Elvis so much!
Being at the Sun Studio was also an amazing experience. To be there where not only Elvis, but also so many other great artists, such as Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash has recorded. I grabbed the microphone and sang "That's Alright Mama" while italian tvreporters were filming me. God, I was nervous, but I don't regret it at all. It was so fun, and a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Then it was off to Las Vegas. Which was pretty cool, but two days was just not enough time!! But I experienced New York, Venice, Paris and Greece all at the same time by just being in Vegas! :lol:
And Honolulu was just as I had imagined. The weather was lovely, the waves in the water was huge, and people were running around with their surfboards on their heads. But my most favorite hang-out place was ... no, not the beach. The Rock Island Caf? :notworthy Totally 50s-inspired, Elvis everywhere, and the funniest waitresses I've ever met!
I bought home a Hawaii-garland, not real flowers, but i thought it was beautiful. Untill I read the sign hanging on the garland. Bought in Honolulu, "made in China". :doh:
Thank you for listening. I just wanted to share the best vacation ever with all my Elvis friends! :) I had this picture made in a store right across Graceland. And I'm personally very satisfied with the result!! :P Elvis and me :wub:
http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/8466/billede1wq1.jpg
By missclawdy93 (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/missclawdy93) at 2007-09-01