We left late afternoon on Friday and stopped in Crossville on our way to Nashville. We stopped and talked to some of Rick and Holly's friends about the rotation and whether or not they liked Crossville. I wasn't sold on it. Ben (Rick's friend) really sold Steve on the rotation though. I was really hoping that we would fall in love with Memphis and Steve would forget all about Crossville! We got to Nashville late and just went to sleep.
The next morning we decided to go see the Ryman Auditorium downtown. The Ryman Auditorium is a famous music venue. It is known for having the second best acoustics in the Nation. The first is the Mormon Tabernacle on Temple Square. :) I think it would have been a lot more interesting if I was a big music buff, but it was still cool to look at the building. It is a beautiful auditorium.
Steve downtown!
Us in the Ryman.
The Ryman. I loved the stained glass windows!
After our tour, we headed down to Memphis! Our first stop was in Germantown, a city just outside of Memphis and where we would most likely live if we move there.
Well, my wish came true. We LOVED Germantown!! It is a beautiful, well kept city and it has EVERYTHING! It has Costco, Target, and a Mall! And tons of great places to eat. It is everything I could hope for. And Steve loved it too! We went to one of the hospitals that he would do rotations at and he was very impressed.
After Germantown, we went to visit another hospital that Steve would work at in Memphis. This hospital wasn't as nice and the neighborhood was a little run down. BUT we loved Germantown so much that we didn't let it dampen our mood.
After we explored, we went to get some Memphis BBQ! We found a little place by our hotel and it was delicious.
After dinner we went to historic Beale Street! It was a pretty interesting place. They have the street blocked off so you can just walk around. They sale liquor and beer to go! It was quite the party place. Sadly, we were both stuffed from dinner and exhausted. So we just walked down the street and then went back to the hotel. We are getting so old and boring!!
Steve on Beale
The next day we drove around and looked at apartments in Germantown and Cordova (which is right next to Germantown). We just fell in love with these two cities. By the time we left, we had decided that Memphis would be Steve's top pick for his rotation site!
We got to Nashville just as the sun set, but decided to go see the Parthenon. It is a replica of the Parthenon in Greece. It was so beautiful and just made me want to go to Greece! Apparently there is a really cool museum inside. I'm sad we got there so late. Next time!
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