Nashville!

About a week after we got home from Utah, we decided to take a trip to Nashville Tennessee. We have a goal to go to as many places as we can when we live here in St. Louis because there are so many places 4-5 hours away from us. So on Monday we just said hey lets go to nashville! But not Tuesday we had to feed the missionaries so we decided to head out Wednesday morning. It may have been our best decision so far. :) It was so fun and I love going on trips and not having any plans and no obligations, you just go and do what you want and come home when you want. Nasvhille was about 5 hours away but for some reason it seemed FOREVER! On our way there, I saw a little sign on the side of the road for a gigantic statue of superman. This was a trip of spontaneity, so we got off in this little podunk town and figured out we were in Metropolis Illinois! It was seriously probably my favorite part of the whole trip.

The hotel that we got, was seriously the coolest. We had an option between a Lava Lamp or a Goldfish for our room. Michael wanted a goldfish but I know our history with goldfish and I didn't want to risk it, so we went with a Lava Lamp. The first one didn't work, so we got a second one and that one only lit up and the goo stuff would only go up once in a while.
We got there and that night we wanted something that Tennessee was known for, so barbecue it was. It was by far the best barbecue sandwich that I had ever had. We just happened to get there on discount night for those so maybe that factored into why it tasted so good. :) I saw on the GPS that there was a krispy kreme close, so I convinced Michael to go there and get doughnuts for the morning. Well.... that trip lasted an hour and a half. I am kidding you not. Long story short, the first place we went was a factory for them, then the second one we went to (got very lost in between these two) was a house (so unless they sell doughnuts out of their house, this wasn't it) then we drove for another 40 minutes to one and FINALLY we found one.We went back to the hotel and watched t.v.! This is a rare thing since we don't have a t.v. at home and so this was a real treat (I know how bad does that sound)
We got up the next day and decided to hit the town! We decided that Nashville would be a lot more fun if I was over 21 and if we drank. A lot of the bars where live music plays you have to be 21 and obviously I am a good year and half away from that. :) But it was fun to see where famous people had played and to go into the cowboy boot stores, there are definitely a lot of those there.

Don't mind Michaels hat... he insists on wearing my beanies. :)

We went to a pasta place right by our parking garage and it was beyond good. We got there 15 minutes before lunch time ended so it was perfect! We decided we were done, because all of the museums and tour places all costed about $20 a person. We went took a nap, went and got pizza (that was another hour trip thanks to the gps) but the funny story about that is that we were lost so we decided to just go into a parking long and figure out where we were supposed to go. So we pull into some place and we see that it is an LDS church!!! What are the odds!! We then went and worked out in the hotel gym and we watched American Idol. Whats funny about that is that it was the time when they were in Nashville!

The morning we were going home, we decided to hit up the Grand Ol Opry. We didn't want to pay 40 bucks to go in so we went to the mall across the street and took pictures. That filled our needs.

Next up will be pictures from my moms trip here!! Thanks for reading!

Love the Saucedas in St. Louis!