Sunday morning.... Was not the most productive morning of my life. But my lack of productivity was more due to sleep deprivation than liver poisoning. Once showered and as awake as was possible I met Joey's roommate and we then proceeded to watch several Super Bowl half time shows, talk about how awesome Nashville is and we even had a quick listen to a very cool record player. All in all, good times, not so much authentic Charleston. It was after midday when I finally ventured into the hottest day of the year so far, and I drove the 10 minutes down town then drove another 15 minutes around in circles because my sat nav wasn't quite sure what was going on! Eventually I found where I was staying, an old house which seemed to be ... read more

Friday was the last day I planned to stay in Clermont, and I had a few bits an bobs that I wanted to do before diving into the pool and staying there for a while! I filled up mu water bottle with ice and water and told Patty I'd be back in about an hour after going to the craft store so I can be a scrapbook geek when I get back to the UK. As I was walking into the shop, I noticed a really nice looking nail salon. My nails, I had done at the beach, were pretty crappy, despite them being gel nails they'd already almost fallen off. So I popped in and an hour later I came out with pretty new nails. I then spent an hour in the craft store.. Apparently ... read more

Before I start Wednesdays post - I've just noticed that I am being made to look pretty illiterate due to a combination of no proofreading and autocorrect on my phone or iPad just being ridiculous. I am, on the whole, someone with a slight grasp on the English language, despite evidence to the contrary. Sorry for all the jibberish! So... Wednesday. Plans really got changed around and Patty and I ended up having a very relaxing laid back kind of a day. We had a good float around in the pool... Until thunder in the distance convinced us to head indoors and do productive things. It didn't actually rain at all.. I guess it was just natures way of us get on With our day! Unfortunately for my bank account and baggage weight limits.. The productive ... read more

On Monday morning, we packed up our bags, loaded our car and drove the 20 minutes south to the old town of Franklin which is just outside Nashville. On the way there we passed some absolutely gorgeous houses and even drove down to side streets just to have a nosy! Franklin itself was amazing, imagine old fashioned America and Franklin is what you come up with. The town is steeped in history (American time scale history though obviously) and apparently there was one of the biggest battles of the American civil war fought there. We saw pieces of that history as we strolled around the antique shops and other independent, gorgeous stores. Sometime in the form of artifacts found on peoples' land, sometimes in the stories which were written on big plaques around town. On the ... read more

NASHVILLE! First order of business yesterday was moving from our hotel out of town to a hotel just a block or two away from Broadway and printers alley. Then on to breakfast at Puckets Grocery. I use the term breakfast pretty loosely, Brittney and I had pulled pork with sweet potato pancakes and Patty had brisket hash on a cornbread waffle. It was all amazing! They did actually out a fried egg on top so that we knew it was supposed to be breakfast! It's been such a perfect temperature whilst we've been here, just great walking weather so we walked a fair ways around the city and then got a taxi to East Nashville. It is such a cool place! Lovely streets of arty houses with perfect gardens. Some had wrap around porches with rocking ... read more