Nashville, Tennessee is the home of country music, and I had hoped to see some of the country music sites while here attending a conference. My son, Michael, had told me about
Nashville because it was the place he and his friends would go to attend concerts when they were college students at UGA. However, conferences being what they are, it’s is difficult to get out, especially when the distances are so far and taxi is the only way to get around. Compounding my ability to do any sightseeing is that it has been raining, cold, and generally not the kind of sightseeing weather anyone would prefer.
However, I did book a little see the Christmas Lights tour on Sunday evening, and so I saw the suburban neighborhoods of Brentwood and the historic town of Franklin. These houses are amazing—I have not seen the likes of them where I live! To say they are macmansions is an understatement—these houses are twice the size of macmansions. Interestingly enough, the tour guide said that most of these homes belong to executives in the health care industry.
We also stopped at a historic Civil War era house called the
Lotz House. It was featured in the Battle of
Franklin. A Civil War cannon on the front lawn marks the property. This house was built in 1858 by a German carpenter, and then shelled during the Battle of Franklin and also used as a hospital in that time. Although a nice sized house by today’s standards, it must have seemed really huge when it was built. The woodwork obviously shows skilled craftsmanship. No matter where they are, I always do enjoy seeing historic homes, and my favorite ones are in old New Castle, DE.
While the tour itself was OK and the Christmas lights and decorations were pretty, this tour was not a resounding “You must do this!” kind of thing—it’s more like a “It gets you out of the hotel” kind of thing.
