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    • Road trip southern states
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      Day 4

      Memphis dag 4

      July 28, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 36 °C

      Ontbijt in The Hyatt place was in z'n eenvoud ronduit fantastisch slecht en waarschijnlijk verantwoordelijk voor de plastic soep in de oceanen. Plastic en styrofoam bordjes en bestek.. op plastic!? Really!? Geen aanrader haha..
      Ritje naar Memphis 3 uur 20 minuten. Aangekomen in het Peabody Hotel. Prachtige lobby en kamer. Bed is bijna 2 keer zo klein als we gewend zijn dus we komen nader tot elkaar vannacht.. Kijken hoe dat verloopt..
      Vreselijk vies gegeten maar onze ogen uitgekeken naar rare dingen. Een straat waar je $5 moet betalen om in te mogen. Voertuigen met lichtjes en muziek etc. Ondertussen geschiedenisles van Finn over het Peabody hotel waar we verblijven. Het schijnt dat Elvis Presley (een lokaal zangertje) hier z'n eerste contract heeft getekend. Hij schijnt daarna nog wel wat hits te hebben gehad. Ook zijn er in deze lobby scènes met Tom Cruise opgenomen voor the Firm.. Het zijn weetjes..gezellig avondje in die beroemde lobby in ieder geval.. Morgen naar meneer Presley..      Read more

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    • Road trip southern states
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      Day 3

      Dag 3 Nashville

      July 27, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C

      Dag 3 Danny op om 3.45 uur en om 5 uur weer slapen. Sors op om 5 uur.. kids doen het iets beter qua tijdsverschil maar allemaal redelijk moe. Vandaag richting Nashville maar eerst gitaren kijken (plan van finn was om een gitaar te kopen die we dan weer achter konden laten) maar dan was $119 toch wel wat veel. De muzikant in hem kreeg echter de overhand en uiteindelijk vertrok hij met een fluitje van een cent, nou ja een blokfluit van $4... Binnen een paar minuten kon Finn 'Mieke heeft een lammetje' en de starwars tune spelen in de auto. we kunnen alle drie niet wachten op wat voor meer moois we gaan worden getrakteerd😫. Nomi is eindelijk weer online! Simkaart gekocht en de hele wereld ligt weer op schermafstand (maakt minder lawaai dan een fluit maar daar betaal je ook grof geld voor). Downtown nashville is druk, lawaaiig en onder de 21 eigenlijk weinig aan omdat je niet naar binnen mag. Sommige straten zijn zelfs verboden na 12 uur! Ga dan maar eens een restaurant zoeken waar ze ook nog plek voor 4 hebben zonder reservering. Na lang zoeken toch gevonden. Een sfeervol eethuis met een uitgebreid menu, een hardwerkende mexicaan die z'n best deed en ons het eten bezorgde door te roepen:Table ninehundred seven!
      Ketchup moest je overigens apart vragen bij het bigmac menu.
      Plakkerig en uitgepoept klaar met deze dag en countrymuziek (het kan ook te gek soms haha). Morgen naar Memphis, kijken welke muziek ze daar draaien..      Read more

    • Road trip southern states
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      Day 2

      Dag 2 Nashville

      July 26, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C

      Met de op een spaceshuttle lijkende SUV naar Nashville. Onderweg een ongeluk op de snelweg waarvan we eerst dachten dat er een film werd opgenomen omdat de sherrif die er bij stond zo op het witte doek kon. Overgewicht,strenge blik,cowboyhoed en bijpassende reflecterende piloten zonnebril.. Nu wederom in een hyatt place hotel..bijna exact hetzelfde als de vorige in Atlanta. Voelt als thuiskomen haha.. We hebben nu alleen kamer 311 ipv 312.. Finn en Nomi nu wel op dezelfde vloer.. Was 3 etages hoger in Atlanta. Voordeel: we weten de weg al.. Zodirect worden we per shuttlebus in het centrum van Nashville gedropt.. Het is hier 7 uur vroeger dus nu (17.30) voelt als midden in de nacht voor het biologische klokje..Read more

    • TravelerOstküste USA
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      Day 8

      Crazy Nashville

      October 7, 2022 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 15 °C

      Heute ohne Umschweife zum Hauptthema, lasse die unwichtigen Sachen wie den Besuch der Opry Mall und Essen weg….. Nashville ist HAMMER!!!!😍
      Ok, dass es die Countryhochburg ist war uns klar, dass man hier Feiern kann auch. Aber das was uns hier erwartet, haben wir nicht kommen sehen… wir parken auf Empfehlung von Karstens Kollegen nicht down town, sondern kostenfrei am Footballstadion der Tennessee Titans von wo aus man in 5 min fußläufig über eine Brücke auf den Broadway kommt. Wir sind mittags gegen halb 3 dort und bereits jetzt dröhnt uns schon von Weitem Country Musik entgegen. Ich bekomme das garnicht in Worte gefasst… wir bleiben kurz auf der Brücke stehen um die Skyline von Nashville und das Stadion hinter uns zu betrachten und gewinnen einen ersten Eindruck. Wir sehen Tanzende und Singende Menschen auf den Dachterassen der Häuser… zwischen den Häusern befindet sich der 4 spurige Broadway auf dem Autos, Partybusse und sonstige Gefährte zwischen 1000 enden von Menschen unterwegs sind.
      Wir stürzen uns also ins Getümmel und stranden zufällig am Stand der Trolleybus Tour und buchen diese obwohl wir heut ja wissen wo es uns hin verschlagen wird 😎😅.
      Wir haben noch Zeit bis zum Start der Rundfahrt und suchen uns noch was zu essen. Dafür lassen machen wir einen Schritt auf den Broadway und lassen uns einfach von der in Cowboyboots und im Countrystile gekleideten Menschenmenge weitertreiben.
      Für jeden Musikliebhaber muss dass das Mekka sein!!!! Die Fenster der Bars sind alle offen und in jeder Bar spielt eine Band… wie wir feststellen nicht nur ebenerdig, sondern auf jeder Etage. Krasses Gefühl wenn man so durch die Straße läuft und alle paar Meter der Song wechselt… wie wenn man früher am Radiorädchen gedreht hat um einen Song zu finden. Nur mit dem Unterschied, dass wir bei jedem Song gerne hängen geblieben wären… wo jede Menge Party ist, sind natürlich auch Junggesellinnen Abschiede nicht weit. Diese räkeln sich meist in Pink auf Party Bussen, die den Broadway ebenfalls lautstark mit Country beschallen…wir essen eine Kleinigkeit und begeben uns dann zur Stadtrundfahrt… ist garnicht schlecht.. können erstmal ein wenig akklimatisieren 😅.
      In Nashville gaben und geben sich die bekanntesten Sänger die Klinke in die Hand. Viel wohnen auch da. Justine Timberlake, Taylor Swift…Wir fahren durch den Music Square und den Music Circle wo sich die Tonstudios der bekanntesten Labels befinden aneinander reihen… Elvis Presley hat hier seine Platten aufgenommen und noch heute kommen Amerikas Musiker hierhin um ihre Aufnahmen zu machen. Auch der Sundtrack für EASports Games werden hier eingespielt. Dass hier alles im Zeichen der Musik steht sieht man an den zahlreichen Hochschulen, Museen, der Country Music Hall of Fame, dem Music City Center oder dem Eishockey Stadion mitten in der Stadt, dass auch als Konzerthalle Dient. Heute zum Beispiel Keith Urban.
      Am Broadway spielen hauptsächlich Coverbands. Etwas außerhalb dann die Künstler ihre eigenen Songs. Hier haben schon einige Karrieren begonnen. Da werden wir es heut leider nicht mehr hinschaffen. Wir stellen wieder fest, dass wir noch mehr Zeit bräuchten… nach der Stadtrundfahrt stürzen wir uns dann auch ins Nachtleben…      Read more

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    • TravelerFlorida....So Long, Winter
      Day 14

      Nashville, TN

      January 22, 2016 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 0 °C

      January 11 - 15

      We only had 5 days in Nashville, so we kept busy and easily logged our 10,000+ steps. The Opryland Resort with its 2882 rooms, tropical indoor gardens, waterfalls, and other extravagant features, was still decked out for Christmas. It was a 15 minute walk from our resort as was the 200 store Opry Mills Mall. You will be shocked to hear that we never spent one dollar, or $1.46 Canadian!

      We used a l/2 price Groupon for a tour and wine tasting at Belle Meade Plantation, a world-renowned thoroughbred stud farm. Sea Biscuit and Secretariat can trace their bloodlines back to Belle Meade. Our next stop was at the unusual Parthenon which was built for the 1897 Centennial Exposition. The Parthenon and the 42 foot Athena statue are both full-scale replicas.

      Still dressed for warmth as the temperature has only been around 4 C.      Read more

    • Bex's TravelsAtlanta & Nashville
      Day 10

      More Tours & Exploring

      October 31, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C

      10am
      As I was so slack with yesterdays blog, I thought I would get started on this one nice & early!
      We are currently on the shuttle to downtown Nashville again. Considering we were not late back yesterday it was gone midnight before I got to sleep, we were reading & chilling, we had the TV on in the background & got through Pretty Woman and Hocus Pocus.

      It looks like it is going to be a nice day, like yesterday the sun is out & we have a bright blue sky. Can still be chilly in the shade but still nicer than the weather we were having in the UK.

      2.50pm
      Sat in the sunshine waiting for the Trolley.
      After getting off the shuttle downtown we decided to do the ‘Old Town Trolley Tour’, the trolleys go around 12 miles of Nashville in a continuous loop stopping at 15 stops along the way. Our first stop was the ‘Parthenon’ as we had free admission tickets, although we stopped here 2years ago we never went in. I’m glad we went in this time. The history of the building & what it was initially there for was fascinating. Inside hosts loads of photos from this time period & how the building was constructed. There are also art collections, I wish I could paint! Up the stairs inside is the huge golden gilded figure of Athena - which wow, is impressive!

      After leaving the Parthenon we jumped back on the Trolley & our next stop was the ‘Belmont Mansion’. This was an interesting tour & much of the original decor & furnishings still exists or has been replicated to look as near as it did at the time. I suppose I hate to admit where I take after Dad as I do find it interesting looking round old houses & museums! One fascinating fact from the tour is that the carpets in the house are made by Axminster carpets! To which me & Mel pipe up ‘ooh that is just down the round from where we live’. Small world! I knew Axminster carpets had a good reputation but I didn’t realise their reputation was THAT good to furnish an historic mansion!

      Ooh trolley is here....more later!

      6.20pm
      Sat back on the shuttle to return to the hotel.
      We completed the full route of the Old Trolley Tour, with our couple hop off & ons as indicated above! Was a really nice route & the 3 drivers/guides we had over the course of the tour were really informative. After getting off at the final stop we were starving so we headed over to the ‘Sun Diner’ next to the Johnny Cash museum for food. We both have omelettes & had a bop along to the music. I thought it was a quaint typical American style diner.

      We ended up just wandering & popping in shops along Broadway killing time before the shuttle. One thing I have noticed more this time than the last time we were here is the number of homeless people & beggars. I always feel really guilty walking past them but I would hate to give to one & not another. I would rather give some money to a homelessness charity or shelter.

      10.50pm
      Ready for bed! Just watched the film ‘Over Her Dead Body’ - a Paul Rudd film I haven’t seen.
      When we got back to the hotel we finally used the swimming pool, was actually really nice & relaxing. At one point we were the only 2 in the pool, must be quiet season as hardly anyone has been using the pool. After our swim, we went to the whirlpool spa, oh my god it was lush! The worse thing was getting out & going back to the pool as that seemed freezing in comparison.

      Last full day in Nashville tomorrow 😢 better make the most of it!      Read more

    • Bex's TravelsAtlanta & Nashville
      Day 9

      Museums & Music

      October 30, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 7 °C

      11.30pm
      Bit late writing today’s blog!

      We purchased the 3 day shuttle ticket from reception & caught the first bus at 9.55am into Downtown Nashville. We got off at the Wildhorse Saloon & then walked along Broadway just taking in the atmosphere. Our first stop was the Visitors Centre where we purchased City Passes. These entitle you to free admission into 4 attractions, free entry to the Parthenon, free entry to Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame & 25% off a Gray Line Tour.
      Monday appears to be a quiet day in Nashville so a few attractions are closed.

      The first place we decided to go was ‘Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum’ - it was really interesting to learn more about the musicians that have played on some of the biggest records of all time. Part of the museum is home to the ‘Grammy Museum Gallery’, this part had lots of area where you could test out being a musician & try different instruments. One thing I learnt today is that i’m a crap drummer!! There was another stage where we had a sing along as Ray Charles’ backing singers.
      Again we were lucky that museum was fairly quiet so we got to really take our time & interact with the exhibits. We must have been there for about 3hrs!!

      Leaving the museum we called back into the Ryman auditorium shop as we didn’t get chance to look around yesterday. By now we were hungry so we called into ‘Tootsies Orchid Bar’ for lunch. It is so nice to be able to relax with food & drink listening to good live music. We were probably there a good hour or more.

      Our next stop was, yes you guessed it the ‘Johnny Cash Museum’ - come on it had to be done! Actually there were several new exhibits since the last time we visited 2 years ago. We must have been there 2.5hrs! I never learn, as once again I watched the video for ‘Hurt’ knowing full well it makes me tear up every time I see it!! I love this museum, he was so talented.

      By the time we left the museum it was 6.20pm, when we checked the bus schedule we realised we had just missed a bus back to our hotel & would have 90mins to wait for the next one so we called into the Wildhorse Saloon for a drink. Only cokes mind! No cocktails or alcohol today.

      Tomorrow we plan on heading back Downtown & doing a Trolley hop on, hop off tour.

      Night y’all 😴      Read more

    • Bex's TravelsAtlanta & Nashville
      Day 8

      Nashville TV show tour

      October 29, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌙 0 °C

      Sat in bed writing the blog for the day! Today has been a fairly quiet & relaxed day. We were going to get up & go for a swim but it was a bit cold & we couldn’t be bothered!!

      I had emailed them, but not heard back so we tried to ring the Gray Line tour company to confirm all was ok with our tour today but none of the numbers worked. We chucked on some clothes & went to reception, the lovely lady there phoned the company on our behalf & even arranged for them to pick us up here rather than the Opryland resort. Bonus!

      We then came back to the room to shower & change, we decided to go out for brunch before the tour. We walked over the road & went in the Cracker Barrel store/restaurant but it was heaving so we decided to go there another time. We then found some shops to have a look around. One store had lots of cowboy boots so we tried loads on & both ended up buying a pair! As we were in there a while we were running out of time for food so went to McDonalds (it actually had a live singer inside!). We got food to go & legged it back to the hotel as we only had 20mins to eat before having to be outside ready for our tour pick up.

      We were picked up about 1.10pm & our driver/guide Brian had to make another couple stops to get other passengers. Brian was a great guide with lots of Nashville knowledge & facts about the show. He drove us all around Nashville pointing out loads of filming locations & the scenes filmed there. We saw the homes used for those of the characters: Juliette, Rayna, Deacon, Gunnar etc. We had a 45min stop at the Ryman Auditorium - which used to be the home of the Grand Ole Opry, was interesting to find out history of the building. We also stopped at The Bluebird Cafe but unfortunately did not get to go in, still it was fab to see it, looks tiny from the outside & you wouldn’t think so many big country stars were discovered &/or play there regularly. The other stop was Two Old Hippies, a rather expensive store where apparently most of Scarlet’s clothes come from.
      It was a great tour & we were out for over 3 hours.

      When we got back to hotel we chilled & faffed around trying to decide what to do! In the end we went back to Cracker Barrel & had pancakes for tea! They were yummy!

      The next three days we plan on buying the 3 day shuttle pass & spending our time in Downtown Nashville, we just have to decide what attractions to see!      Read more

    • Bex's TravelsAtlanta & Nashville
      Day 7

      Shopping & General Jackson

      October 28, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C

      6.50pm
      Currently sat on the General Jackson showboat waiting to set sail for this evenings ‘Nashville Nights’ cruise.

      We have had quite a leisurely day, spent most of it at the Opry Mills, shopping!! We found a fab clothes shop called ‘Maurices’ it catered for both our sizes which was perfect as we both saw lots of stuff. The assistants set us up with changing rooms with our names on. I don’t think I have ever liked every single item I have taken into a changing room before! I thought bugger it, i’m on holiday, I have the money on my travel card so lets treat myself. We must have been in there way over an hour. Mel bought a lot of stuff too.

      After our splurges we were both hungry so we decided to eat at the Aquarium restaurant. We had a lovely meal, both of us decided on fish & chips, then for desert we shared key lime pie, all washed down with cocktails!!

      From there we went over to the Grand Ole Opry shop as we didn’t have much of a chance to look properly yesterday. We both got a few items there.

      Then we just wandered around the mall again, just browsing shops. We spent a bit of time in one of the shoe stores just trying on cowboy boots, I was very tempted buy a pair & may have to go back!

      We didn’t go back to the hotel to drop stuff off, we just walked straight over to the General Jackson to board.

      10.45pm
      Been back at the hotel 30mins or so.

      So, review of General Jackson, we weren’t overly impressed, to be fair on a summer evening &/or if you were eating it might be different. We didn’t eat because surprise, surprise we weren’t overly keen on the menu, so we were up on the balcony looking down at the stage & those dining below. So for us there was a lot of waiting around as we left just after 7pm & the entertainment didn’t start until about 8.45pm. We did wander outside on the deck but was too cold to stay there too long, we also popped to the gift shop, but for the most part we were sat around drinking our huge & bloody expensive daiquiris!

      The entertainers were talented & sung a wide of songs but we struggled to make out the words to most of what they were singing, whether that was down to the audio or where we were sat I don’t know. I swear there were so many costume changes their wardrobe backstage must make Carrie Bradshaw’s look tiny!!

      So it was a good experience but i’d choose the Opry over it any night of the week.      Read more

    • Bex's TravelsAtlanta & Nashville
      Day 6

      Nashville - Tussauds & Grand Ole Opry

      October 27, 2017 in the United States ⋅ 🌧 5 °C

      5.30pm
      I had a good nights sleep & was awake by about 7.30am. We didn’t rush to get ready as the only plans we had were for this evening.
      We caught the complimentary shuttle over to the Opry Mills (a huge shopping mall!), we went to guest services first to pick up our passports of offers, looked like there would be a few we would be able to get use out of!

      We decided to go to Madame Tussauds first (it only opened earlier this year) & as we are staying at the Opryland we got free entry - bonus! It was quiet which meant we had plenty of time to pose & do stupid poses with the waxworks. We went into a recording booth & now have 2 songs of us singing on CD. We had fun! As we got in for free we decided to buy the photo package.

      After leaving Tussauds we were hungry so went to the food court for lunch, i’m somewhat ashamed to admit we went to Burger King! We then wandered around the shops some more but didn’t actually buy anything (we are saving that for tomorrow/Sunday!). Mel bumped into her friend from back home who is also on holiday in Nashville (small world!). We then came back to the hotel to chill for a few minutes before getting ready for the Opry tonight.
      We are currently waiting for the shuttle, it better hurry up as we have the VIP tickets for before the show!

      11.20pm
      Been back at the hotel a while now. Wow, what a night at the Opry! Thankfully we got there in time to pick up all our tickets, we then had to wait in the designated place for our VIP ‘Behind The Curtain’ tour. Our guide Judy was great as she took us back stage & explained what happens before a show. We got to see some of the artists arriving & in their dressing rooms getting prepared for the show. Just before 7pm we were ushered onto the stage, it was an amazing experience to actually be on the stage & witness the red curtain rise, to look out & see the audience and see an artist perform.
      We got to be on the stage for the first couple performances, then we were escorted back to our reserved seats where we watched the rest of the show from the audience.

      There were a lot of acts on the line up, if i’m honest, Mel & I weren’t particularly impressed before hand as there weren’t really any contemporary acts like last time, however, it was a great night. Admittedly there were several bluegrass & older artists but they were all so talented & you could see they loved being up on the stage.
      There was even a comedienne called Jeanne Robertson who was very funny, she had spoken to us all backstage & seemed really nice & down to earth. The artist I really liked & would check out is Mark Wills, I loved both songs he performed.

      We left the Opry to find that the heavens had opened & it was pouring down with rain (it was just like being at home!!), we got soaked walking to the shuttle.

      It was a fantastic night, now looking forward to sleeping & seeing what tomorrow will bring.      Read more

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