COUNTRY MUSIC CITY USA

Mary and I traveled to Nashville, the birthplace of country music, on November 17, with five Alabama students, Fadi from Lebanon, Bermet from Kyrgyzstan, Arailm from Kazakhstan, Po-heng from Taiwan and Del from Mongolia, to spend a fun-filled day with two CIEE students and LC's from Tennessee. It was awesome! First, we toured the Lego exhibit at the beautiful Nashville Public Library in downtown Nashville, toured the historic Ryman Auditorium, birthplace of the Grand Ole Opry, strolled through downtown and  the Riverfront with abundant country music venues where we had lunch. We rounded out the day with visits to Opry Mills, a shopping mall with hundreds of stores and the Opryland Hotel, all decked out for Christmas.