Friday, August 18, 2006




















Leaving Atlanta behind, I headed up north to see the Smoky Mountains. Not quite sure how to get there, I went to Knoxville first. Fortunally the co-manager of the hostel there turned out to run a minibus-shuttleservice to Gatlinburg, the gateway to the GreatSmokyMountain NationalPark. I stayed at Gatlinburg for a night, so I had almost 2 full days to see the SmokyMountains. I hitchhiked up theNewfoundGapRoad and took a trail up there to see AlumCaveBluff. The next day I hitchhiked around to see Cades Cove. I saw some bears passing along the road and felt so happy that someone had picked me up a minute ago so that I was sitting in a car right then. Met so many nice people over there and finally used my trekking boots!!! Went on to Nashville- MusicCity. Lots of bars with live music, the famous Tootsie's Orchid Lounge and the Wildhorse Saloon, record studios, the HatchShowPrintShop, dozens of shops where you can buy "cowboy"- hats and boots. Made a tour to Lynchburg to see the JackDanielsDestillery and went to the "Tribute to the king- through the years 1953-1977"-Show. I just arrived in Memphis a few hours ago, and it's not difficult to guess what I'm going to see tomorrow....GRACELAND!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Anja,
I've been keeping track of your travels. The pictures have been great but now I can read the words too! Thanks for that. Still hoping to see u in NZ sometime.
Hugs,
Michelle.

Anonymous said...

Hi Anja,

langsam frage ich mich bei Deinen Reisebeschreibungen, ob Du "auf die japanische Art" durch die Lande ziehst (so a la Amerika in 14 Tagen). Gönnst Du Dir denn niemals eine Auszeit? Drei Tage am Strand von Florida??? Oder Disneyland? Mir soll's aber recht sein, denn ich finde es interessant, Dein Blog auf Arbeit zwischen dem schnöden Steuerkram zu lesen. Zumal ich Dir erst wieder "kluge Tips" geben kann, wenn Du Kalifornien erreichst:)

Liebe Grüße aus der Heimat,

Michelle (aus L. E.)

PS: Ich wußte gar nicht, dass Du auf Elvis stehst...

Anonymous said...

Hallo Weltenbummlerin.
In welchem Teil Amerika's bist du gerade wieder unterwegs? Wünschen uns ein Lebenszeichen von dir!!!Bei uns gibt es nicht viel neues, sind alle gesund und munter,Wetter ist jedoch nicht gut, kalt und regnerisch. Nicht wie August,sondern eher wie Herbst.
Viele Grüße bis bald die zschorler.