Nashville Impressions

We were in Nashville to complete the sale and transfer of Harold's kite book collection. With an afternoon free, we connected with our friends, Bill & Bitsy. Bitsy sang at our wedding, and we have vivid memories of Bill offering $10.00 to each of the other ladies to not catch the bouquet. He had plans!

We took off for the Country Music Hall of Fame, right downtown. I had to chuckle when Bitsy would make a beeline for any fiddle in the displays. Not only can Bitsy sing, she plays violin and has played with the Nashville Praise Symphony. The exhibits were interesting, and I was intrigued by the various stage performance outfits. Bill and Harold tolerated us and the myriads of people. I'm not sure if the place is always that crowded, but it was rather crowded that day.

Stuck, stuck...

I think noisy would be my overall impression of Nashville. There was a Predators game going on, resulting in $30 event parking and yellow and black jerseys everywhere. There were several rooftop bars filled with people. Vanderbilt and Tennessee State University both had homecoming games. Party buses, blasting music and filled with bachelorette parties, were everywhere. Scooters were dodging in and out of traffic and on and off the sidewalks. There were just a lot of loud, noisy people. Nashville is a trending city. As Bitsy said, I think I would have liked it better as a "ain't" city.

Looking at the visitor guides, we did see several places we'd like to visit another time. The zoo for one, and the Lane Museum for another. Bitsy also highly recommended the Christmas season at Opryland. So, we'll be back another time and hopefully, it won't be quite so busy.

On the pedestrian bridge