We were all awake and up fairly early. Sadly we had to say goodbye to Mandy and Maria as they were heading home.

Once we had all had breakfast we packed up the bus and started the journey to Nashville.

As we were actually pretty prompt in leaving we decided to make a stop in Knoxville which was the first capital city in Tennesse.

We had a little wander around looking at some of the buildings. One of the buildings we saw was Blount Mansion which was one of the first wooden frame houses built in the area in 1792.

The view out over the Tennessee River was nice too.

On the way back to the bus we stopped at the rowing man sculpture to take a photo.

I noticed a pharmacy opposite so decided to have a look. It was really cool with a cafe and a real pharmacy.

On the way out of Knoxville we saw the famous sunsphere. This was built for the 1982 World’s Fair. Over 11 million people visited the fair between May and October of that year.

It was around a 3 hour drive from Knoxville to Nashville so we had time to chat, sleep and drink.

On arrival we were a little bit too early to get into the accommodation so we just waited outside on the street. We made friends with a stray dog.

Once inside we had a look around and watched the sunset from the rooftop area.

It was then time to head out for some food. We are a little bit out of town so ordered a couple of Ubers to take us to Party Fowl.

I ordered the fried hot chicken at a mild level and that was just about at the limit of spice I could handle! It came with collared greens which tasted a bit like sauerkraut.

After dinner we walked to Station Inn which was also in the Gulch area. The Station Inn is a music listening room and has live music almost every night.

As we arrived the band had just started to play. They were amazing and were playing pure bluegrass music.

Unfortunately we weren’t allowed to get up and dance as the venue was too small for that, so we sat and drank our beers.

After a little while we headed home and had a nightcap in the kitchen.