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I had the opportunity to spend a few days exploring Nashville, Tennessee while taking care of some business there. Nashville wasn’t what I expected in many ways; the city’s culture is vibrant and diverse, when prior to my trip all that I really linked it to was country music. Another area that surprised me was the diversity and sheer number of great restaurants- going way beyond the Southern cuisine that I expected.
The downtown areas that I visited were very clean and I enjoyed the fact that most people look you in the eyes when greeting or passing on the street. A few suburbs (Brentwood and Franklin) that I visited had thousands of amazing homes, which again, were diverse in their architecture.
I’ve lived in North Carolina and Georgia and never really got a “melting pot” feeling from any Southern cities that I visited. I guess what was so unexpected about the Nashville area to me was the diversity in just about everything.
I’d love to hear about your experiences with Nashville or your thoughts on the Nashville pictures that I’ve included below:
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I visited the only full size replica of the Parthenon in the world -yes, in Nashville! I also had the chance to catch Ralph Stanley, a bluegrass pioneer that still does a show here and there, at the Ryman Auditorium. Of course, I had to go out to a “Honky Tonk” and the Schermerhorn Symphony Center.
Here is a restaurant recommendation from Nashville:
Watermark (Nashville, TN) - While rubbing elbows with record producers and the complete cast of a popular reality-competition show, I didn’t have a single thing on my plate that wasn’t fabulous. My “pristine” (as the maitre d’ stated) swordfish was flown in whole from Rhode Island that morning. The wine list had quite a few names that were new to me and wound up being surprisingly good. (specifically, the Don David Reserve, Torrontes)
