Thursday June 22, 2017
After a very rainy run at Bowie park, Shaun came and picked me up for 2 days of adventures with her in Nashville.
First stop, downtown Nashville and music row..
After a very rainy run at Bowie park, Shaun came and picked me up for 2 days of adventures with her in Nashville.
We agreed that Taylor Swift looks a bit creepy in this mural..
Super old chapel. We wanted to go inside but the church was charging $15!
Behold music row.. it's basically a couple of blocks of just bars with live music.
Not very impressive.
Bridgestone Arena, home of the Nashville Predators.. past here are a bunch of museums and "hall of fame" stuff.
More music row.. and our umbrella.
FYI you have to pay for parking EVERYWHERE!
Water front..
Nissan Stadium where the Tennessee Titans play, and where the USMNT played later that week.
Mural art..
Peg Leg Porker for lunch. So, so good!
Shaun got the Soul Potato aka nachos with fires.
I got the BBQ sandwhich with smokey green beans
O.M.G. so good! Well, the one thing I could eat, I did get Paul and Sammie some fancier chocolates they had to eat after I was gone, and they said they were divine. I wish I bought more of these!
FYI if you park here and then stamp your parking ticket, you get 1.5 hrs free! Which came in handy when we toured the library and then walked over to tour the capitol. Definitely saved us money!
Seriuosly.. so glad we stopped here. There was an art gallery which the exhibit at this time was secret stories of Nashville, which led us to adventure to the cemetery later.
Marble everywhere...
View from one of the front reading rooms.. straight to the capitol.
The Grand Reading Room. Oh... oh..
Cool mural looking out..
Super old books..
And I touched them all!!!
Sign in the bathroom..
After walking out the massive front doors and walking about 2 blocks, we came to the War Memorial Auditorium. All wars other than WWII and Civil War were represented here (The other parks have those). WWI..
"In Memory of the Sons of Tennessee, who gave their lives in The Great War 1914-1918".
Panels of all the lives sacrificed..
Tennessee State Captiol.. which is super tiny!
President Jackson Statue.
Tennessee Senate room.. and I touched everything!
House of Rep. room.
Senators' lounge..
this staircase.. I feel in love!
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Lots of Civil War veterans lay in rest here.
A Harry Potter funny.. Potter with Riddle behind.
Confederate Memorial
Confederate Memorial Hall
There were pictures with stories along the walls of Generals who are buried in the cemetery.
Burger Up for dinner (and sonic shakes for dessert!)
Really fresh. Really good. Sweet potato fries could use some help though.
this staircase.. I feel in love!
Lots of Civil War veterans lay in rest here.
A Harry Potter funny.. Potter with Riddle behind.
Story from the library that inspired us to come here and find this grave.
Really fresh. Really good. Sweet potato fries could use some help though.
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