Sweet Caroline-ah

Shana:
Next stop was Pittsboro, North Carolina, a very small town outside of the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area where Adam and Jen let us stay at their house. Unfortunately, just about every single place was closed because it was a Sunday-- except for the New York style Deli-- those godless yankees! So, Adam and Jen gave us a lengthy driving tour of the area. To our great appreciation, Adam displayed his remarkable ability to not stop talking for 2 hours -- guess he'll make a great lawyer when he graduates law school next May.

We did get the chance to walk around Chapel Hill, which was covered head to toe in light blue to support the UNC basketball team (we were there the day after UNC punched its ticket to the Final Four). We also saw the movie "Stop-Loss" which was incredible, but very depressing. The movie claimed that already 81,000 soldiers have been stop-lossed-- forced to go back to Iraq after their agreed upon duty had officially ended.

We also had our first taste of real southern cookin'. At Mama Dip's Kitchen we had fried green tomatoes, fried chicken, fried okra (see a pattern?), and corn pudding. Delicious! We also got awesome Loco-Pops which are basically Popsicles with really creative flavors like Cinnamon Latte, Chili Chocolate, Lychee, and (greg's favorite) Strawberry and Cream.

That night Adam introduced us to all of the Sports games on his Wii. You might not want to copy my crazy chicken boxing moves-- I was actually really sore the next day (video to come soon). We are both now very obsessed with Wii and want to get one when we end this crazy trip of ours.