Preserved Railway line Nashville
Thursday 2.11.23
We have a free day today as far as Great Rail are concerned so we can take it easier. So our first stop is breakfast – Pancake Pantry – which is just a couple of blocks from the hotel. It is obviously popular – we are in a small queue, hopefully for not too long. There are a couple in front of us and when the serving staff emerge they want a table for 6 – which is annoying as we do as well. However not all 6 people are present, so when the next server emerges we volunteer ourselves to take the table. An excellent outcome and it is followed by an excellent breakfast, Jackie had been looking forward to pancakes for a few days!
We then walk to the city centre and I go up on the John Siegenthaler Passenger Bridge which passes not only over the river but also over the tracks of the former Tennessee Central Railroad (now CSX) on the far side of the river, but on this side of the river is a station from which the Tennessee Central Railway Museum runs services on Saturdays – so no operations today!
Travellers in Nashville
Alongside the Country Music Nashville also has an impressive concert hall in the Nashville Symphony Schermerhorn Symphony Center which we pass – with some nice adjacent statutary.
Jackie and I opt for a quiet afternoon – these holidays can be quite tiring and we tend to sleep badly when we changes beds so we retire to our hotel room for a rest this afternoon.
Having braved Broadway Street last night we decide on a different experience tonight and dine at the Four Seasons Hotel. The best bit was that as we were leaving one of the staff enquired as to our next destination – Memphis and gave us a recommendation for a local restaurant!