Blogs from Franklin, Tennessee, United States, North America

Puckett’s grocery and restaurant is a hallmark of Tennessee and actually was a restaurant that Steve and Tory went while visiting Nashville 7 years earlier after Jenn and Mike’s wedding. On the drive out to Franklin to have breakfast at Puckett’s, we were able to see some of the local places like the Parish Presbyterian Church and the Franklyn Classical Christian Academy. Parish Pres is where Jenn and Mike go and see Franklin Classical is where Ellie goes to school and Grayson next year. Tory ordered a really good eggs benedict that had fried chicken with it and Steve wanted to try some grits and make sure they still were gross (which they were.) When we got back home it was a perfect day to take the kids for a walk to the park. Jenn, Steve, ... 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