Nashville - Day 2

Our primary reason for stopping in Nashville was to go to the Country Music Hall of Fame. And it did not disappoint. They had the entire history of country music, starting with a combination of the African American folk music with the banjo, and the British Isles fiddle music. They found out that the banjo and fiddle made good music together. This progressed along to jazz and on in the history of time. 





People such as Elvis Presley were at both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,
and the Country Music Hall of Fame.  






They also had some movies that used Country Music.
My favorite was the car from Smokey and the Bandit. 

The last interesting thing we noticed was that the stairs in the Museum 
simulate what a lock does for boats. You walk along a flat area and then 
down a few stairs - the lock. 

After our trip to the museum, it was time for lunch. I told Fred I’d like to go to a nice restaurant.  He found one called Etch. It had nice tablecloths and fabric napkins. Hardly what we are used to!  I made my order and then it was Fred’s turn. He asked for the Cuban sandwich made with pork belly. They were out of the pork belly. Then he asked for the lamb gyro sandwich. Nope, they were out of lamb. It was only 11:45 am and we were ordering off the LUNCH menu!  By then, the waitress was getting worried. Finally Fred ordered fish tacos. 


Do you remember our post from September 17 when we were ordering in the restaurant where the boat is for 5-6 weeks during hurricane season?  ðŸ˜† Read it if you didn’t.  Hilarious!

And the saga continues!  For dinner at the hotel, we decided to order pizza to be delivered. I called to make the order. We wanted mushrooms on the pizza and the only thing Fred wanted was anchovies on his half. I asked for the mushrooms, fine, then I asked for anchovies on half. Oh, they were out of anchovies!  I was dying and Fred was rolling his eyes. Too funny 😂 

So we made it home to Connecticut for a month to wait until November when the insurance allows us to go further south due to hurricane season. 

Please don’t forget to check our blog again in November!!

Comments

  1. Michael RossieSeptember 24, 2021 at 6:09 PM

    Hahahahaha! I mean, that sucks. But HAHAHAHA!
    Looking forward to seeing you in FL or before!

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  2. Cathy cosenoNovember 1, 2021 at 7:05 AM

    I finally caught up on the blog. Wanted to be sure I did before you head back out. Sounds like such a great adventure. Thanks for sharing all of this.

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    1. Taurus Great LoopNovember 7, 2021 at 8:53 PM

      So glad you are reading our blog! Some of these things that happen are so unexpected, that we just have to write them down.

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