Gaylord Opryland Reprieve…

My agent decided to give my husband and I a night at the Gaylord in Nashville, TN.  We appreciated the time-off and the chance to just “relax” and do nothing except what we wanted to do. 

Our room and balcony overlooked the Cascade Garden Atrium.

Our balcony is to the left of the open door.  We were on the 5th floor.

 

  The VIEW from the left of our Balcony…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The outdoor Cascade Restaurant was just below us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We could see them cooking (with the ZOOM)and SMELL the delicious aroma!  UMMMMMMMM.

A closer view of the Cascade Restaurant just below our balcony.  There were cozy-romantic alcoves (the round table in the back of the photo) toward the back of the restaurant. 

 

 

 

 

We ordered lunch from an Italian Bistro and ate it on our balcony. 

After a mid-afternoon nap, we decided to “stroll” all the different gardens.  I have numerous photos of all the beautiful exotic floral and fauna.  Even managed to capture a photo of a 4’ Carp in the Delta Island Atrium.   We were kind of tired after all the walking.  And finally ended up by the Irish Pub and after reading the menu posted on the outside, again decided to order carry-out and take it back to our room.  It was delicious… a THICK prime rib sandwich with seasoned fries and of course, we had a salad with it too!  The salad dressing was made with goat cheese.  Ummm is was so good!  I am salivating (LOL) just thinking about it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This lady was playing and singing for donations.  And she could sing.  She was comical too!  There were sofas and lounge chairs to sit in while you listened to her entertain. 

 

 

 

 

Bud … “another picture”… that’s what his expression looks like.  LOL  and one he took of me.

 

 

 

 

We truly enjoyed  our time alone together and the freedom of doing what we wanted, when we wanted and to do nothing if we felt like it.  

Saturday we check out just a little before 11 am and loaded up the car and walked a little more in the gardens… then went to the Opry Mills Outlet nearby.  I’m not a mall person, but I enjoyed finding a few bargains, one of them being another rooster for my kitchen.  There were a couple of items at the Apple Barn that  I contemplated purchasing, but talked myself out of it with a “and where would you put it?” dialog.   Not being able to answer that question truthfully, I chose not to make the purchase.

On the way home we stopped in Murfreesboro and found this unique little Mexican Cafe, I think it was Mi Patria ???? not sure if I remember correctly.  Oh it was so good.  We’d not had authentic Mexican food that good since California.  It wasn’t a large place, but colorful and comfortable and quaint.  They were doing a big business of “carryout” we noticed while enjoying our meal. It seemed to be a very popular place.  We plan to go back when we’re that way again… we’ll time our traveling so we hit there at just the right time!!!  I failed to get a photo of inside or out… I wish I had.

Well, enough for now… sorry we weren’t there the weekend of the National Youth Convention… we could be visiting with friends we’ve not seen in years and years!  It just didn’t work out that way!