Nashville, TN

During Easter weekend...I know, I know, that was awhile ago, Megan and I met up in Nashville, TN to explore the wonders of the city.  So what was the first thing two student affairs people do when they meet up in Nashville?  Head to Vanderbilt!  Upon arriving, we found parking in the admissions lot.  In order to park there, we needed a pass.  So it was off to the admissions office.  After talking with the admissions people about my interest in a PhD in higher education...we received our parking pass. :)  Here are some pictures of the campus, it's beautiful.

Megan and I with our parking pass, yes, we were a little sneaky.

Our hotel was across the street from the Gaylord Opryland Resort, so we decided to walk on over after our tour of Vanderbilt. 

I could not have imagined what the inside of this hotel would look like, absolutely magnificent!

Here is the map, yes, you need a map to find your way around all the gardens.  If you haven't been there, it's incredible.

Many water falls inside the gardens.

The next morning, Mega and I got up and visited the Pancake Pantry.  I had sweet potato pancake.  Absolutely fabulous!

 We then hit up the city, a park, and a green festival.

Just taking a break and enjoying the sunshine and warmth. Megan doesn't get much in Ohio (warmth).

Oh, and it was windy.

We also visited the Grand Ole Opry.  How can one visit Nashville and not go to the opry house.

Yep, we're that cool...or we just bought tickets for the tour. :)

The floodline for the May 2010 flood in Nashville.  I realized it was bad, however, this was a implausible.  The picture below this one is Megan standing next to the line, just for context.

As part of the tour, we got to stand on the stage and the tour guide took our picture!  The circle on the ground is from the original opry when it first began...kind of a neat piece of history (even for this non-country fan).

 

That night Megan and I went country line dancing.  We left our purses in the car, thus, no pictures.  However, this was taken before we left.  Oh how I miss country line dancing.  Yes, this non-country loving music girl does love line dancing...or any other kind of dancing!

As usual, Megan and I found a fun coffee shop, ugly mugs.  We had coffee there before heading back to our perspective homes.  And if you are asking the question I was...yes, they do serve the coffee in ugly mugs!

As we headed home, gotta get some coffee to go!

 

Not sure where we'll meet up next as we've now explored Knoxville and Nashville.  Maybe we'll actually have to make visits to each others homes (Oxford, Ohio & Athens, Georgia). :)