I decided to take a tour of Nashville and chose Tommy's Tours. Turned out to be a witty and informative tour and well worth the time. We saw this full scale replica of the Parthenon. This full scale replica of the original Parthenon in Athens was built in 1897 as part of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. Today if functions as and art museun and as a centerpeiece for Centennial Park.
We saw Printer's Alley which gets its name from the early connection with Nashville's printing and publishing industry which is still a thrives in Nashville today. The orininal location of Printer's Alley however has given way to hotels, resturants and honky tonks some of which have showcased such famous performers as Waylon Jennings and Hank Williams.
The Ryman Auditorium - a 2362 seat live performance venu which is best known as the historic home of the Grand Ole Opry. It was used for the Grand Ole Opry live broadcasts from 1943-1974 when the Opry was moved to a larger venue at Opryland. It was reopened in 1994 as an intimate performance venue and museum. This is where we saw the Grand Ole Opry performance and the seating is pews. Not too soft but different.
We drove out to see some of the star's homes and there were many beautiful ones but hard to get a picture of.
Alan Jackson's house. Some of his video's were filmed here as well one of which was "Drive".
This is Dolly Parton's house all decked out for Christmas.
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