I love Nashville! I have decided that this is where we are going to retire. Todd thinks its a bit soon to be making such a big decision but I am sold! We decided to take it slow today and hop over to Nashville from Memphis. It turned out to be a good decision, it poured rain on us the entire 4 hour drive so we were glad to get off the road. The native Californian in me was baffled...baffled, that it could rain consistantly for over 200 miles...I'm so sheltered!
Rain, rain...go away...
Nashville is commonly referred to as 'The Athens of the South' which was a total headscratcher for us until we found out that they have...drum roll please....a Parthenon! The reason they have a Parthenon, another headscratcher, intrigued us so we had to check it out. Apparently they built it for the Tennessee 1897 Centennial Exposition and by golly loved it so much that they made it permanent. Weird.
Toadi next to a ginormous statue of Athena
Hello!
After the Parthenon we decided to head to the main drag to have some lunch and listen to some up and coming country singers. The main street is lined with bars all boasting which country star they helped get their start. Every bar we passed had a live performer, it was the a great way to spend the day.
As if we didn't get enough at Graceland.
Welcome to Music City USA
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