Blogs from Nashville, Tennessee, United States, North America - page 3

After debating on whether or not to even go to this event, I decided to just go for it. Waking up at 5 AM after having only 2 hours of sleep (from too much excitement), I ate breakfast, chugged a much needed cup of coffee, and started my 2 1/2 hour trek to Nashville Music City Center (NMCC) in Nashville. The first half of my journey started out with heavy fog with a gorgeous view of the large full moon that would peek through the fog every so often. As I neared Nashville, I grabbed food and another cup of coffee from McDonald's, as well as gassed up so I wouldn't have to deal with it when it was time to head home. I arrived at NMCC and ended up just parking at the venue for ... read more

Welcome to my travel blog! I will be traveling from June 20 - July 21. Depending on wifi availability, I plan on posting all adventures here. Here is my itinerary: June 21-25 Dublin and Galway, Ireland with Drew and my mom and dad. June 25-July 1 Venice and Rome, Italy with Drew. July 1- July 4- Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam with Angela, Parker, and Eddie July 5 - July 10 Siargao, Philippines with same people July 10-July 15 Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan with same people July 16- July 21- Krabi (Railay Beach) and Bangkok July 21 - Home!... read more

Leaving Vegas at 5 AM on a Sunday morning we were surprised to see how busy the strip still was. Busier still was the airport. This was our first ever internal flight so quite an experience. I was nervous to be honest, thinking that being non-nationals would cause problems for us. It couldn't have mattered less! Check in and security were thorough but very efficient with no needless queuing or hanging around. We flew with Southwest Airlines. Facing a 3 ½ hour flight I was apprehensive to say the least. There's been a lot of negative press about practices on American Airlines lately and I was expecting a fairly basic service. Bill had pre booked preferred seating for which, in hindsight, I was really grateful. There are no seat allocations but having this extra meant that ... read more

Geo: 36.1682, -86.7772UA routed us to Nashville. It was a 4.5 hours from San Francisco to Nashville. The time seemed to go by quickly. Glenn and I both took about a 1 hour nap for our flight from SFO to BNA.While in BNA (Nashville), I had enough time to go buy "something better than chips". While Glenn was charging up the iphones, I walked down the terminal to find a "fast food" place. I found Popeyes. I had ordered 2 separate meals, because I knew Glenn and I would probably be not sitting next to each other. Sadly, I ordered 2 drinks...but really didn't need two DRINKS, so as we were getting organized again with our carryon luggage, I handed one of the drinks to a passenger walking through the terminal. He was grateful.We did fly ... read more

As we left Nashville today, I was contemplating the things we have learned about the this famous city: There is live music everywhere! I knew Nashville was nicknamed “Music City”, and I have had many people tell me that there is live music all over. But I never realized quite what they meant. You can walk down one of the main streets of downtown (Broadway) and literally every second storefront is a bar or saloon that is featuring live music. Any day of the week, all afternoon and evening, these places, most of them with doors and windows wide open, seem to compete with each other to see who can crank their speakers up the loudest. From country (of course), to rock, dance, blues, jazz and even some pop (although usually countrified), there is a genre ... read more