Nashville - capital of Tennessee - founded in 1779. Known as the Country Music capital of 'the world' (?) or Music City USA. Home of the Grand Ole Opry since 1925!
We have found using the coupon books found in travel centres very helpful when finding hotels. We booked ourselves in to the Best Western downtown - only a few blocks away from Broadway Street - where all the country music bars are located.
Sunday night - dinner at Brewmaster bar & grill then up the 'strip' and found ourselves in Roberts Western World bar. Excellent band playing all sorts of country & western from Johnny Cash, to Elvis, bluegrass - even 'Meet the Flintstones'! Had a blast!
Monday morning, we drove to 'Opryland'. This is where the Grand Ole Opry House is; Opryland Hotel and Opryland Mills (outlets). The pic above is taken outside GOO House - but it wasn't available for tours.
Next, we walked to the Opryland Hotel. Wow! It is a huge hotel, completely enclosed under an atrium, complete with its own river! Shops, restaurants, blue catfish in the river, a river 'cruise' and the most beautiful plants - we were impressed with the orchids! I would love to stay here for just one night - it's too beautiful for words and we can't possibly show it all in photos.
Walked back for a quick tour of Opryland Mills.
That evening, we went downtown again - dinner at Big River Grill (yummo) - and witnessed several police cars dealing with an accident whilst eating dinner.
Let me get this straight...the atrium covers the building ? Wow.
ReplyDeleteI guess they can have summer all year round. Sounds amazing.
It is amazing - it is the most amazing hotel I've ever seen. Lesley found out that it's the biggest hotel in the USA outside of Las Vegas!
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