Thursday morning we took off and headed for Louisville, KY (about 2 1/2 hrs away.) Our whole motto for the weekend was "fly by the seat of our pants." We had ideas of things we wanted to do, but no set plans, and we were only going to do what we wanted, when we wanted to. It was amazing. No schedule, no whining kids, no dirty diapers to change, and basically, no rules! FREEDOM :)
Thursday when we got to Louisville and checked into the hotel, we then walked around downtown and ate at a yummy local taco joint. We then toured a huge antique/flea market building before heading over to the Louisville Slugger Factory and Museum. I have to say I wasn't too overly excited to tour a baseball bat museum, but went along for the ride as I knew Kyle would enjoy it. Turns out, it was great! They were actually making the bats for the playoff games and we go to see Tampa's bats being made. Pretty cool. Kyle got to touch one of his favorite St. Louis Cardinal players bats- so it was a hit...no pun intended :) Thursday night we ate at an AMAZING smokehouse place called Doc Crow's. Some of the most delicious barbecue and ribs we have ever had. Little did we know, that wouldn't be the last time we ate barbecue because it was SO delicious in the south. After dinner we hit up Fourth Street Live in downtown, where all the bars are. We had a great time at a bar with dueling pianos.
Fourth Street Live
Friday morning we took off and headed for Nashville (about a 2 hr 40 min drive from Louisville.) After checking into the hotel, we headed straight down to the main "tourist" area of Nashville where all the shops/restaurants/bars are. We ate lunch/ watched the Cardinal game and then headed out to check out some live music in the bars. They have live music in literally EVERY bar on Broadway street- and it's all great singers/songwriters. We basically hopped around and checked out different bars/different singers all afternoon! We ate dinner ate a great place called Sambuca- sitting on a ledge outside overlooking the West End of Nashville. We then met up with an old friend of mine, Ashley Becker, back downtown and hopped around a few bars with her and her fiance. We had a great day.
As you can imagine, we were slow moving Saturday morning. I am not used to drinking that much/staying up that late, and it was hard for me to get motivated to move Saturday. I think we finally got out of the room around noon and headed to Edley's- a barbecue joint that we heard rave reviews for. And it did not disappoint. If you ever go to Nashville, this place is a MUST. We waited in line at least 30 minutes (by we, I mean Kyle- I was sitting down slowly sipping water in hope to re-hydrate myself!) They had the best pulled pork nachos I have EVER had- and probably will ever had. It was the best pulled pork with the works all on top of homemade potato chips- to.die.for. Also, the perfect food for a hangover :) After lunch we then toured the original Grand Ole Opry- now known as the Ryman. It was self guided tour and was really neat. So much history in one place. I highly recommend it- even if you are not a country music fan. Saturday evening we hopped in the car and went to Brentwood, TN- about 20 min south of Nashville, so have dinner/drinks with one of Kyle's friends from undergrad and her family. We had a great time catching up (we haven't seen them for at least 4 years or so.) Sunday we packed up and headed back home- of course only after sleeping in- which was a must since we never get to! We had a great time and I will be going back at some point- such a neat city!!
Boot Country!
The Ryman
Touring the original "Grand Ole Opry"
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