Nashville Nuggets (4.25-4.28.19)

For whatever reason, Nashville has been a city on my list of places to visit.  So me and the girls packed up to head there for spring break.  The farthest I had driven in TN was to the Pigeon Forge are, so the additional 3 hours seemed a little daunting.  Fortunately, it was a pleasant and beautiful ride.  The mountain scenery just speaks to me now.

I drove with Maya in tow on a cool Thursday.  We stayed at a guest suite that my employer manages, Tapestry at Brentwood.  In my Tiffany Haddish voice, "it was NIIIICE!!!"  I didn't get pics of everything, but I loved it. 

We spent the evening shopping at nearby stores, and had dinner.  It was pouring down raining, so we couldn't do much outdoor activity.

On Friday, we rested and relaxed for most of the morning.  We finally ventured out to the outlets, Roots Beauty Supply, and the Cumberland Pedestrian Bridge park area.  I attempted to take Maya on a tour of Tennessee State University (Oprah's Alma mater), but she was highly uninterested.

We were about to be overtaken by some prom goers and their photo shoot.

We finally went back to the apartment to rest up, then we headed to the airport around 11:30pm to pick Dee up from her flight.

Saturday morning, we headed back to the Cumberland park area for hiking and bike riding.

Dee has a little bit of 'country girl' in her to be able to do this.  Maya on the other hand, wasn't having it at all.

After bike riding and being sweaty and funky, we went back to the outlets since it was just one exit up for Dee to get a chance to shop a little.  We had lunch at the Rainforest Cafe, which I think is super cool.  Maya & I ate at the one in Vegas, so it was Dee's turn.

After showering and napping, we headed to the downtown area.  Unbeknownst to me at the time I planned the trip, it was NFL draft weekend.  The area was packed.  It reminded me of a country version of GHOE. 

After only a an hour or so, we realized that downtown Nashville just wasn't the place for us, so we headed back to recover from day.

Sunday morning, we got breakfast and headed back to Greensboro.

Overall, we had a good time.  I will say that the Nashville trip taught me a few things about myself.  I have all these cities on my "Dream List" to visit, but why?  I knew going into this trip that Nashville didn't seem to have a lot of things to do that interested me.  So going forward, I will put more scrutiny into the places that I visit.  I'll need an exhaustive list of things to choose from and/or will need to know someone in the city.  I'm glad that I was able to cross Nashville off the list, but I can definitely say that it isn't a place that I'll need to visit again.