Nashville 2014 Update
I was trying to see how I normally do a trip update, but it looks like I just do whatever works best... Lol~ So here goes!
States Visited
- Tennessee
- Kentucky
- Georgia
Cities Visited
- Nashville, TN
- Franklin, TN
- Memphis, TN
- Chattanooga, TN
- Bowling Green, KY
- Rock City, GA (not an actual city)
Activities
- sightseeing
- shows
- live music
- gardens
- shopping (mostly for souvenirs)
Main Attractions
Nashville
- Music Walk of Fame
- State Capitol
- Bicentennial Capital Mall, and Tennessee History Festival
- Parthenon
- Live music at Bourbon Street Blues and Boogie Bar (Corey Mac and band)
- Cheekwood Botanical Garden
- General Jackson's Showboat
- Opry Country Classics at Ryman Auditorium
Franklin
- Winstead Hill Park
- Carnton Plantation
Bowling Green
- Aviation Heritage Park
- Lost River Cave
- KFC Buffet (we do NOT have one of those! XD)
- Shake Rag historical district (walking tour)
- National Corvette Museum
Memphis
- Graceland
- Beale Street
- Mississippi River (not that we could really see it)
Chattanooga
- Ruby Falls
- Downtown Chattanooga
- (missed the aquarium though it was originally on the schedule, but it looked really nice!)
Georgia
- Rock City (an attraction just beyond the border, but not an actual city)
Highlights
- Visiting Dunkin Donuts with Arianna since she's a HUGE fan of them and we don't have them up here; and the fact that she called herself a "Dunkin Diva"... Lol.
- Trying to think of catchphrase statements to describe each city that we visited.
1) "Nashville, you are stampeding every day." (Stampede is a summer festival that we have related to horse racing, wagon racing, etc.)
2) "Franklin, I salute you." (for the rich history related to the American Civil War)
3) "Bowling Green, you are finger lickin' good." (cuz the thing we all enjoyed the most was the KFC buffet... XD)
4) "Memphis, you rock!" (for obvious reasons since the late king of rock and roll lived there)
5) "Chattanooga, you're wonder-falls." (for all the waterfalls we saw, which one friend looooves)
- Arianna acting like a diva with all her solo shots and her demands, covered by a delayed "please"
- Aquarium restuarant!
Ugh... Honestly, there are so many fun and inspiring things that happened during the trip, I can't really highlight one over the other because I would have to basically revisit each day. You can see from our itinerary how busy we were driving here and there. Each city was unique and had something special to offer.
Despite being miles away from home, different things from the trip brought different people to mind whether it was a simple souvenir we saw, a street sign or even a brochure. So, that said, I'll just leave it at that and let the pictures speak for themselves since they're up on Facebook. (At least half of them...)
I'll have to share some special ones here since I'm not FB friends with Tsuki, but I think she'd enjoy them~