Family Road Trip April 1st - 5th 2009 PART 1 NASHVILLE

We flew from Dallas to Nashville and met Harry there. He had flown there earlier in the week for work. We all know what he is like - he flew there to work so we saved on his airfare!! Tight Arse!! Great start to our morning - mum misplaced her purse so all hell broke loose. We searhed everywhere for it. In the end dad rang the National Australia Bank to cancel the credit card. Molly found it in mums new handbag!!! (well we have been shopping a bit). Back on the phone to the bank to reissue card. So we finally get to the airport and low and behold we sat at the wrong Gate for 2 hours!! We had to make a mad dash to the other side of the airport to catch our flight! I miss the small Australian airports. Harry met us at the Nashville airport and we collected our Minivan headed to the hotel to drop our stuff off.

For dinner we went to The Gaylord Opry . It is such a pretty place. It is like a village inside a huge glass dome. In the morning we headed to the Country Music Hall of Fame. I have a real appreication for Country Music since living in Texas. This place was amazing! All of the history they have preserved.

We also visited RCA Studio B . This is were there were over 1000 No 1 hits were recorded between 1957-1977. It was amazing to stand in the same room where Elvis recorded so many hits.


The piano behind is was Elvis' favorite. He would play it for hours before recording. He wanted to buy it but they talked him out of it.

Well we heading back to the hotel for a nana nap! We knew there were going to be Severe Storms that day. The area we were in was on Tornado Watch, It just started to rain as we pulled into the carpark. Turned the TV on to see where the storm was headed. The Weather Channel's sirens were going off saying Tornado Warning!! This means there has been a Tornado sighted! Mum and dad came down to our room cause they were on the top story of the hotel. The tornado turned 2 semis over on the road we were on 30 mins prior!!