Today we had a lazy morning before getting ready to go shopping. We left Bob and Cindy to bit of peace and quite and headed into town.

Our first stop was Hard Rock Cafe where I bought a hoodie.

We then wandered down Broadway in the search for cowboy boots, and passing lots of interesting stores on the way.

We stopped off at the Lucky Bastard Saloon for a photo opportunity. We also had some jello shots as they were buy one get one free.

We carried on walking through town to the Country Music Hall of Fame.

We were planning to have a look around but the queue was massive so we just took some photos and left.

On the tour the day before our guide had pointed a boot shop that was good  quality but not too expensive so we made our way back there down some of the side streets.

I did end up buying a pair of cowboy boots which I then had to wear for the rest of the day.

Not far from the boot shop are the famous Angel Wings, so we made our way over to them. There was a bit of a queue to have your photo taken but Ali, Sherrien and I decided to wait, the rest of the group went to the pub.

On our way back to Broadway we passed a shop with another photo opportunity.

Back on Broadway we stopped off at a Tapas restaurant for a late lunch. It was quite expensive and the service was rubbish so we asked them to remove the service charge from the bill.

From here we decided to explore Printers Alley. On the way we passed the Ryman Auditorium. This is a huge live venue and is the original site of the Grand Ole Opry. It is known as the mother Church of Country music and the birthplace of bluegrass.

The Auditorium was originally called the Union Gospel Tabernacle and was commisdioned to be built by Thomas Ryman, a steamboat captain.

There were other statues around the Auditorium as well.

From here we headed down Printer’s Alley. In its earlier days there were a series of posts where men bound for the courthouse hitched their horses. By the turn of the twentieth century it had become the center of Nashville’s printing industry; in its heyday, circa 1915, thirteen publishers and ten printers were located in the area serviced by the alley. Nashville’s two largest newspapers, The Tennessean and the Nashville Banner, had their offices here at one time. Now it is mainly smaller bars and restaurants, many of which have kept a lot of the original features.

We peeked in a few of the bars and decided to stop for a beer in one of them. Like everywhere in Nashville there was live music.

And then it was time to head home to catch the last of the sun on the rooftop of our house.

Bob and Cindy made a delicious dinner of steak, baked potatoes and salad. It tasted so good.

And then we had a little party with some great DJ’ing by Jim.

Before heading to bed I took a quick photo of the moon.