November 23, 2005

  • Well, we're home!  Actually, the traffic wasn't nearly as bad as I'd expected it to be, thank heavens. 

    Anyway, we arrived in Cordova about 10:00 p.m. on Sunday night, and
    Alex met us at our hotel to collect Dmitry and carry him back to his
    apartment to stay.  Next day we went to check out their church,
    Bellevue Baptist, which was the church pastored by the late Adrian
    Rogers, then that evening we headed to downtown Memphis and its famous
    Beale Street:

    It's quite reminiscent of New Orleans' French Quarter, only without the Really Unsuitable Parts.   
    There was a police museum, which instantly brought Bill Waybourn to
    mind, naturally.  Alex thought it'd be a hoot to try to break in:

    Afterwards we headed to Isaac Hayes' restaurant for dinner, which featured some bodacious barbecue.

    We stopped in souvenir shop which had a truly impressive selection of
    funky hats.  Alexander.  Funky hats.  Some things just go together.

    On Tuesday we went to the base and got to meet some of Alex's friends
    in the fleet band, plus his lieutenant, and visit the band hall:

    Afterwards we hung out for awhile at a mall (bought Hannah a darling
    Christmas dress), and their apartment, where Hannah decided
    Granddaddy's mustache was quite intriguing:

    Brothers fooling around:

    BION, Hannah relishes being held upside down.  Can't think why, personally.

    Dmitry surprised us by being fairly adept at Wheel of Fortune, able to
    look at BR__KF__T and know it was "breakfast," for example.  He
    did this frequently, though he couldn't manage to beat Alex. 
    Still, we were all impressed at his increasing ability to recognize
    English words with missing letters.

    That evening we went to The Butcher Shop for dinner, as I've been
    wanting a good steak, but never get one here (Don gets home from work
    too late for us to go out for such a heavy meal, and the restaurants
    are crowded on the weekends).  Had the stuffed filet, which was to
    die for. Yum!  Dmitry took a turn amusing Hannah:

    It was a delightful trip! 

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