Nashville!

August 26th...

I've lived here for 8 months now and I finally got to tour Nashville! Mom and I were total tourists today - there was no hiding it. We had the camera's around our necks, taking pictures of things that normal people could care a little less about like billboards and glass buildings, but we were having fun! Our very first stop was the Country Music Hall of Fame, we decided it was the only "pay to get in" type of thing we wanted to see today and I just happened to accidentally drive us right to it! It was very cool inside. I am a little young to really appreciate the majesty of everyone in there maybe, but it was still a very cool experience to have. After the hall of fame we went to eat at the Hard Rock Cafe where we completely offended our waiter by being cheap and skipping the alcohol and sharing a plate of nachos. Oh well. He still got a tip so I think he forgave us in the end. We hit a few gift shops and other things like that before we drove down music row (which was an experience, let me tell ya!) Music Row was very cool, but neither of us knew what to expect. It was lots and lots of recording studios down a very pretty street, I can't believe we didn't anyone famous, I bet it was CRAWLING!! Oh well, on the way their we almost died so we were happy just to drive down it, even if we didn't see anyone. To get there, we had to go through a round about which I have only done maybe twice before in my life. In my defense, the ones I have been on had lines just like a road. This one did not! Nothing! Two make believe lanes that can either be there, or not, whatever the driver would prefer at that given moment. I am telling you, once you enter into that circle it is ever man for himself! It's a free for all! Cars just swerving in and out of each other trying to get to an exit relatively close to the one they originally wanted. It was absolutely terrifying. And to top it off we had to go through it 3 times to get to see everything we wanted to see. That is one street I will probably never drive down again, no matter who might be recording down there!