{"id":6,"date":"2020-08-12T18:42:30","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T18:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grippedbytravel.com\/?p=6"},"modified":"2021-07-08T15:18:04","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T15:18:04","slug":"im-going-to-graceland-graceland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/12\/im-going-to-graceland-graceland\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI\u2019m going to Graceland, Graceland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2LBgWv1\" target=\"_blank\">Memphis, Tennessee. I\u2019m going to Graceland<\/a>*\u201c The lyrics of the song by Paul Simon are based on his own road trip to the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.graceland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Graceland mansion<\/a>, the home of Elvis. Simon himself drove from Louisiana to Memphis, Tennessee along Route 61 to help him deal with the heartbreak after the collapse of his marriage to the actress Carrie Fisher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Paul Simon - Graceland (from The Concert in Hyde Park)\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0VTcBO4q5kY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We of course want to travel for Graceland for happier reasons. To celebrate the life and music of the King of Rock and Roll \u2013 Elvis Presley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In some ways there can\u2019t be a better time to visit Graceland. The Gate of Graceland will reopen on 21st May and with social distancing in place that means visitor numbers are reduced to a quarter of the pre-Covid number. This means no jostling with other tourists to see everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Elvis Presley Graceland Tour\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iDU6idkc_VE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Graceland isn\u2019t just a house there is so much to experience. First and top of any visitors list is this is where Elvis lived. You feel like he could be just around the corner. See his wide range of costumes he wore on stage including the famous <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3bGoSG3\" target=\"_blank\">68 comeback concert<\/a> stagewear. Don\u2019t miss out on seeing the famous pink Cadillac and wonder at his wall of gold records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:11px\">Any links with an * by them are affiliated, which means get a product via this link and a contribution may be made to us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Memphis, Tennessee. I\u2019m going to Graceland*\u201c The lyrics of the song by Paul Simon are based on his own road trip to the Graceland mansion, the home of Elvis. Simon himself drove from Louisiana to Memphis, Tennessee along Route 61 to help him deal with the heartbreak after the collapse of his marriage to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,147,9,253,8,7],"tags":[2,3,4,5,6],"class_list":["post-6","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activity","category-city","category-memphis","category-music","category-tennessee","category-usa","tag-elvis-presley","tag-graceland","tag-memphis","tag-paul-simon","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47,"href":"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions\/47"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grippedbytravel.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}