Girls Weekend in Nashville...Belle Meade

Our last day on our Nashville trip we went to Belle Meade, South of Nashville. Belle Meade was a plantation that gained international fame for breeding thoroughbred horses. There was no photography inside the mansion, but I got photos around the estate.

We paid for the tour, which included costume guides that told about the history of the plantation. They were very funny in the way the presented everything. At the end of the home tour you could go to the winery and sample wines. They choose 4 to sample, but we sampled others off the list until the next group came. 

This is a hydrangea tree. I love hydrangeas so wanted a photo to show my husband he could plant me a tree somewhere and how big it gets. 

Girls weekend in Nashville

My best friend since first grade and I have been getting together every year now that the kids are older for a girls weekend. This year we went to Nashville.

We drove up and it rained most of the day. So, we took a shuttle to the Gaylord Opryland Hotel. I had never seen the inside. It has a huge indoor atrium filled with beautiful plants. There is a walkway through it all with waterfalls and statues.

it It finally slowed to a drizzle so we went to Main Street in Franklin. It has a bunch of shops all along the main street. 

Later we got an Uber to Music Row in Nashville. It is pretty lively at night. We ate at the Merchant and had a good BBQ plate. We just walked and looked at the sites and crazy people. 

We were sitting at a table and a group came in. They were standing 2 feet from us. It ended up being Craig Wayne Boyd who won season 7 of The Voice. He appeared at the Grand Ole Opry earlier that night.