Today began later than most days thus far. Slept in til nearly eleven then slowly got ready for the day. Put on shorts, sleeveless shirts, sunblock and opened the door. Rain. Crap. So re-did the wardrobe in rain gear and walked to Jack's BBQ on Broadway for lunch. Pretty tasty plate of meat. Was still raining heavy so we cabbed to Third Man Records, which is Jack White's studio and record shop. It was a cool spot with lots of little displays and a very eclectic mix of records. It was still raining and it felt too early for drinks yet so we walked over to the country music hall of fame and toured it. It was okay, despite none of us being much of country fans. Walked back to the hotel through the rain and grabbed the car. Went over to Opry Mills shopping mall to find some American gear for the festivities tonight. The mall is right near The Grand Ole Opry concert hall but we'll swing by that tomorrow if we have time. We all picked up matching sleeveless American flag shirts and Matt got red shorts to match Nick and my red jeans we had both brought along. So we went back to the hotel and donned our patriotic garb.
With Budweiser beers cracked, we got chatting to our neighbours at the motel. They were two couples around our parents' ages from Minnesota on a motorcycle trip. We chatted a while with them and then the group of us headed across the road to a pub for drinks. Tried deep fried peanuts, which means eating the shell and all courtesy of our new friends and they were surprisingly good. We all walked over to Broadway and had some beers at a random bar with live music then caught the fireworks show, which was somewhat obscured by the low cloud cover from the rain all day. Not bad of a fireworks display but a little weak for the 4th in America. Then we all migrated next door upstairs to a karaoke bar. Here there were a crowd of folks that were singing country songs, as is to be expected in Nashville. We decided to go a different route, however, and belted out Bohemian Rhapsody, Backstreet Boys, Spice Girls and other such wonderful musical selections. Seemed to be quite a hit with the locals. At least I assume that's why there were so many phones recording us while we sang... Met two wonderful gals from Mississippi who chatted with me for quite some time and then 3 ladies from the Nashville area that we sang with until nearly the end of the evening. We all had plenty to drink and eventually called it a night (once the bar closed and told everyone to leave). A very memorable 4th of July in Nashville.
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