A Day in Nashville, TN – A travelogue
I am always intrigued and fascinated by the South of the country! There possibly an unusual confession from someone who now calls herself a New Yorker, albeit a suburban one…
The food of the south has more character, and there seems to be more history and intrigue in the alleys and valleys of the South. We went to Mamamoth Cave National Park, but en-route had a day in Nashville, as the husband knew that was my kind of thing. For a city that possibly could fit in three more days of activity, a day seemed short. Well, first out we did the Grayline bus tour.
I will tell you that it is a great value and a good way to get your bearings! You can actually do this over two days and cover a lot of the fun spots.
You should actually try and get an early start, they do not lie about the Southern summer sun, it is bright and pretty formidable.
Old architecture and just so much detail in the small train station, this is what I mean, it feels and looks different…
Well, along with the sun you do get the beautiful sky and very clear and pretty vistas. I guess like everything else in life it is a trade off.
Once downtown, it is difficult to miss this impressive blue and white building, that is an At&T building also called the batman building.
In my salad days, I have enjoyed country music and as you walk around Nashville, it is easy to see why it is called the music city.
An interesting bit of trivia was that Tennessee was divided during the civil war, so part union and part confederacy, possibly still part liberal and part traditional, think Al Gore.
Right opposite the Centennial Park is the Nashville Farmer’s Market and International Mall. Of course, I had to visit.
I have seen better tomatoes, but this is what they had. Maybe all the fancy tomato business, is a figment of our farmer’s markets.
Life’s best moments are simple, happiness sometimes is a perfect peach.
And those peppers!
Can you tell I have chilli envy!
Was not very sure about these beans, I am sure there is a story that I will find out about someday!
And there was plenty of Okra, then young and tender variety. Inside, it was fun to see recipes such as brown butter okra with red pepper flakes.
They certainly do ice tea right, but I do stay away from the sugar in mine.
Well, ultimately I settled for cajun food, the kids for dosas (yes, they had both an Indian stall and a spice store in the mall).
As for this tomato, what can I say?
Baby tomatoes
Mommy and Daddy tomatoes
A glimpse of their capitol building.
Possibly my biggest regret and that which will bring me back to the city again, is not being able to visit the Parthenon properly.
In the arms of Elvis…
Time for the girl!
Loved the black and white in this picture.
They had fun in the water, and we headed to German town for dinner, I have to say that I liked our meal so much I do have to share that in a separate post.