Wednesday, May 21, 2008

the magic city

a.k.a. birmingham, alabama

sunday after some seriously not-good sleep (poor matt learned he's allergic to down while we were in selma!) we got up, packed and headed out--but not before printing directions! we were off to eat at dreamland and going to see the satanic "storyteller" fountain I'd found on roadside america.

we stopped for some pictures on the way--the drive was GORGEOUS!



and then we looked for dreamland. and looked. and quadrupled back. and asked for directions. we never found it, but we DID make it to the fountain (despite vague directions!). I told Matt "It's on this street, keep an eye out!" And he said "well, wait, is it that fountain?" I couldn't see the fountain because of the part of the car between the window and the windshield, but that was it!

so we took some pictures of the fountain (which is right in front of a methodist church!) and ate at the grill nearby. we couldn't sit outside without waiting so we went in--we had to be at the airport in an hour!--and enjoyed some yummy sweetwater brews. we were bummed they were out of the roadtrip one though--that would've been so appropriate! and one of the servers saw my shirt and said "I like trees, too!" Matt and I kind of looked like the super-enviro-couple, but I think we're okay with that. :) anyway, we ate our food (including more fried green tomatoes!), took a few more pictures and went to the airport.

flight home was uneventful, we both got a nap, and matt headed to his place around 1230am. we are both still catching up on our sleep, but it was totally worth it!

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