Nashville (Day Four...)

Sunday morning: showered, shaved, breakfast... yadda, yadda, yadda...

Spent a good 90 minutes in the pool... hot-tub... pool... hot-tub... lounge chair...

Hit the road for Franklin, TN at 1:00 p.m. or so... AND GLAD WE DID!

Wow... what a great little town; picturesque... quaint... friendly small town charm... 

(*NOD OF APPROVAL*)

After walking around for an hour or so, checking the various shops, boutiques, churches, parks, stately homes, we decided to take a "wine break." And folks... where's the best place to take a "wine break?" Why a winery of course!

Luckily... about 20 minutes south of Franklin there's Arrington Vineyards!

Anyway... it being Memorial Day Weekend Sunday the place was PACKED! Still... free parking... plenty of lawn space...  what the heck, right?!

So... there were lines for "tastings." However... no lines for bottle purchases and actual drinking...!

(*HUGE FRIGGIN' GRIN*)

Moments later, opened bottle (Petit Noir) and glasses in hand, we snagged a "hidden" table around the back side of the tasting building which overlooked (actually "underlooked") the "upper"vineyards... and spent the next hour chatting, relaxing, and enjoying the view and the wine.

Next... back to Franklin - where we dropped in at "Gray's On Main" for handmade cocktails and appetizers!

Yum... yum... yum...

(*RUBBING MY BELLY*)

(*INSISTING MARY RUB MY BELLY*)

(*GUFFAW*)

Wow... that's all I can say! OUTSTANDING food and drinks! (And service... and atmosphere... and a view - we had a second floor bar table "on the front window" overlooking Main Street!)

Post-cocktails... enjoyed live music "On the Square" while sitting on a park bench - perfect temperature with a slight breeze. Just... WONDERFUL!

Next stop... Rumors East... (Or so we had hoped...) Unfortunately, upon arriving, we found that they were closed for a private event - a wedding -  a wedding to which we weren't invited...

(*SIGH*)

Plan B? Two-Ten Jack!

(*GRITTING MY TEETH*)

Unfortunately... CLOSED (as well).

(*SIGH*)

So... back into Nashville... back to Printer's Alley... and back to the Fleet Street Pub - this time for food.

Folks... let me tell ya... it all worked out! Found street parking on my first "pass"" around the block...  the pub was of course open... and... THE FOOD WAS AWESOME...!!! All homemade to order! And MORE than reasonably priced! (I'm telling ya'll... Fleet Street Pub is a "must visit" when it comes to food and drink in downtown Nashville, Tennessee!

Next stop... BACK "HOME!"

(*WINK*)

Arrived back at the  B&B right at the stroke of midnight!

TO BE CONTINUED...