Today is Nashville tourist day.
Nashville has a Parthenon too! They built a full scale replica (228' x 101') out of concrete. It was built in 1897 as part of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. It is impressive to say the least and they currently use it as an art museum.
Downtown has all sorts of musical icons and buildings - Ryman Auditorium (original Grand Ol' Opry), Studio B where lots of famous singers recorded (Elvis, Everly Bros.), and WSM radio station that started off many country singers' careers. It really lives up to its name of Music City.
We stopped in front of the WhiteHorse Saloon where UB40 would be playing that evening.
After a few hours in downtown we went out to Opryland and had lunch, shopped, visited the huge Gaylord Entertainment Opryland Hotel, and went in the Country Music Museum.
We saw the General Jackson riverboat at its dock on the Cumberland River at Opryland. There were no cruises today and the place was empty.
The late John Hartford (Glenn Campbell recorded his Gentle on My Mind) had a place on the river across from Lock 2 on the river. Lock Two is now just a park but John's house is still there and is visible across the river on a nice peninsula piece of land.
We drove slowly back through downtown to see some of the city with its lights on and finally got home around 9pm (early for us).
Tomorrow we get to get on TWO riverboats - the General Jackson and the Delta Queen. Riverboat heaven for Karen and Pat.
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Hi. I enjoyed your blog. It sounds like a lot of fun.
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