My last few days in Nashville consisted of wandering around the city and just seeing where the day would take me. Between the famous Sweet Potato Pancakes at Pancake Pantry (I'm still dreaming of them),the Parthenon, the talented upcoming musicians at the Blue Bird Cafe and the local craftbeer, I was not disappointed in what I found. I also paid a visit to the Nashville Zoo, because A) I love zoos and B) they have the largest exhibit of anteaters in the nation (my college mascot). Unfortunately, the zoo decided to take the anteaters off exhibit to breed them and they put up a kangaroo exhibit in their place. Luckily, it was the coolest kangaroo exhibit I'd ever seen so I wasn't too upset. And of course, what Nashville vacation would be complete without listening to music and dancing the night away on Broadway?!
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Nashville. What can I say about Nashville, other than the fact that this was the city I was most excited to visit and I couldn't have thought of a better city to end my trip. My days in Music City basically consisted of drinking good beer and listening to country music. But don't worry, I did manage to take a break from Broadway and get a little culture by visiting some museums and other historical sites. Overall, I couldn't have imagined a better trip, well, maybe if I had met a Southern cowboy to bring home, but let's not get into that and just focus on the awesome pics I took :)
After Graceland, I did a little exploring around the streets of Memphis. My first stop was a visit to High Cotton Brewing, where I talked to the brewer for 3 hours! After talking to him about all of their plans for the upcoming year, I'm really excited to see what this place has in store for the future. Afterwards, I stopped at the site where MLK was shot, had some Memphis style BBQ and even listened to some music on Beale Street. The next day I paid a visit to the legendary Sun Studio, where people like Elvis and Johnny Cash got their start and then headed over to Gus' Fried Chicken where I proceeded to have the best fried chicken of my life. I spend the rest of the day just walking around downtown and taking in the sights.
Although I probably could have, I decided to not spend all of my time in the French Quarter. Instead, I went out and took a swamp tour and explored the Garden District where I even did a little beer tasting.
However, I also couldn't leave New Orleans and the French Quarter without exploring Bourbon Street, trying bananas foster and a few other things ! Fellow readers, I am soooooo sorry for the super late post! I recently flew to Europe for a few weeks and thought that I would be able to post from there, but between the jetlag and running around the streets of Europe you can see how it would be difficult to update the blog. Nevertheless, I am back and I promise to try harder to not go as long without blogging.
After Dallas I took the bus down to New Orleans for four days. I was very excited to visit this city since I knew it would be unlike any I had visited before. It was also the first city I would be visiting where I didn't know a single person, so I was a little nervous at the same time. I didn't know what to expect but between the southern food, live jazz on every corner and the historical locations, New Orleans did not disappoint. During my visit I had the obligatory beinegts from Cafe du Monde, walked around the French Quarter and even caught a show at the legendary Preservation Hall. Here are some of the additional pictures from my Austin trip. I took a walk along Town Lake to do some reading, had my first experience with Tex-Mex, did some beer tasting and went bar hopping on 6th Street. I also met up with my friend, Ed and went beer tasting at Austin Beerworks, where I got to try beer with real glitter in it! I even took a day trip to San Antonio because I was dying to visit the Alamo and explore the Riverwalk.
After Phoenix, I hopped on over to Austin for five days. If you know me, you know how long I had been wanting to visit Austin and couldn't have been more excited! During my time in Austin, I got to visit the UT campus, eat some great BBQ, try some local beer and even see my old friend, Ed. I definitely left a piece of my heart in Austin and I absolutely can't wait to visit again!
A few weeks ago, I started on a "road trip" (I traveled by bus and two plane rides) through some of the southern states and kicked off my trip by spending a few days in Phoenix visiting my uncle.
My uncle has lived in Phoenix for almost 20 years and he always comes back to Los Angeles for the holidays, but we never visit him, so I thought it would be nice to go and visit him for a change. My trip basically consisted of hiking, eating, watching baseball and visiting A LOT of breweries. It was great to visit the place my uncle gets to call home and just be able to catch up with him. After Phoenix I hopped on a plane and made my way to the Live Music Capital of the World- Austin, Texas! |
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