Today we visited the Belle Meade Plantation. This is an extremely well maintained and originally furnished mansion which dates back to 1853. The plantation, which consisted of 5,400 acres, was not a typical plantation that we would expect (cotton, tobacco, etc.). This plantation bred racing horses. In fact Seabiscuit, Secretariat, Smarty Jones, Giacomo and Barbarro are just some of the Thoroughbreds that trace their bloodlines back to Belle Meade. In addition, the woman who guided the tour was most informative and very, very amusing.
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| The Belle Meade Mansion |
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| Fully restored sleigh. Quite the fancy mode of transportation in its time. | |
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After we left the plantation we visited downtown Nashville and ran into some old friend.
We had a great lunch and had BBQ. What else would you expect. After strolling the Honky Tonk strip of town with all of the bars and wanna be stars, we stopped by the Ryman Auditorium where the Original Grand Ole Opry started out and then went to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. This was really quite interesting and enjoyable. We spent about 3 1/2 hours there, which is 3 hours more than we spent at the Louvre in Paris. And we are not even huge fans of country music.
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| Honky Tonk area. |
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| View from the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum |
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