Was the response we received from many fellow Americans as we described our itinerary for our remaining stay in the United States of America. I apologise to all you die hard fans of "The Higginses' European and USA Holiday" as i am afraid i have some good news and bad news. The bad news is your favorite author Michael J Higgins has fallen ill with a head cold and is not writing up this blog... the good news is, his other half is not doing it. I know your all wondering who's left and much to your disappointment its me Patrick (maybe joy for a few who cant understand my fathers big words like me). I Apologise in advance for the many spelling and grammatical mistakes you are about to see (and probably have seen and in that case i apologise for them).
Anyway enough of this off topic rubbish. It was our first day in Knoxville Tennessee and maybe it was the first late flight of the trip or maybe the excellent bed facility's but we all slept until past 9 o'clock and did not eat any form of food until 10:30. We then ventured out into the unknown of Knoxville not knowing what to expect of an American country town. It was much like what you see in many American movies based in small country towns but being able to be there and look closer at shops Mum and I noticed something. Drive-Thru's. There were countless numbers of Drive-Thru's not just for fast food, there were Drive-Thru's for Pharmacy's, ATM's, and many others including a fast food outlet that only sold Drive-Thru (i know Dad rants but i cant think of anything witty so I'm sure you can all think of something).
Anyway after getting a bit of a tour of Knoxville from Pam and finding a car park we walked down to the Tomato Head which Pam insisted we would say to/may/to instead of to/ma/to. Pam also claimed it made some of the best pizzas with a beautiful base and she was very correct in saying this. Pam and Dad shared a pizza with olives, capers, lamb sausage, sun dried tomato and Parmesan cheese with some extra cheddar cheese as Mum and i had the same minus the extra cheese and Isabel a tortellini with cheese. They were all very delicious and great pizzas with a perfect crust and a good amount of every topping and not a few dribs and drabs then a lot of cheese dumped on top.
A half hour wait for Dad and I as the three girls browsed in three shops no less and came out with an item each. We then had a brisk walk down to a little French shop where we bought a chocolate eclair each and ate them in the beautiful sunshine outside. After our delicious treats we then walked the calories off back towards the car where we made our way back to Pam and Alex's and toddled around before Alex's arrival and dinner time.
For dinner Pam had cooked up some goulash and some tortillas, unfortunately Isabel wasn't feeling well at this stage and went to bed instead of joining us. After dinner Pam asked if she was able to look at the 1700 or so photos we have taken throughout the holiday which resulted in a half hour of flicking through some good and some rubbish photos (hint to family and friends: don't ask to view the photos because there are probably another 1000 some good and some pointless). After this we went up to bed for another well rested night we hoped. (i hope this was at least halfway to dads standard of writing and again i apologise for any spelling or grammatical mistakes i have made or mum [who is about to edit this] has missed so we can all blame her).
P.S apologise is coming up with a red underline because we are in the USA and it seems i have written apologise quite a few times and i am sorry for the repetitiveness of this word as i can not find another word on thesaurs.com.
Excellent job Patrick..... loving your work :-)
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