The university offers language courses. A friend of mine, who is currently enrolled in them and lives nearby, invited me to go to Nashville on Friday with some students from her class. It’s not far, and it’s the state capital, so why not? Here’s how it turned out. The trip was somewhat chaotic. There was much we didn’t see, but it was fun and interesting nonetheless.

This is the happy group of students. Represented: Switzerland, Spain, Thailand, China, Taiwan and Japan.

Asians are soooo goofy and friendly!

On the left is Daiki from Japan, and on the right is Richer from China.

Arguing.

There is a copy of the Parthenon in Nashville. Beautiful.

Geese. Very friendly.

A pink Stretch Hummer for weddings!

This used to be a castle. Now it’s a hotel.

Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park.

A view of downtown Nashville.

The world at my feet…

There is an alley of granite blocks in this park. The vertical ones have dates etched in them; the horizontal ones show important events that happened in Tennessee that year.

North-South. Symbolic, yes?

Our tour guide, Meghan.

A granite ball, symbolizing the globe, rotates on a bed of water. I couldn’t find Kazakhstan.

Reflections.

Once again, a view of downtown Nashville.

Gibson guitars. Anyone can play.

More pictures of guitar heaven.

Chocolate-dipped apples. Each one is half the size of my head. Exactly.

Chocolaaaate!

Entrance to the “Aquarium”

They say it’s a famous place.

The entrance to the café.

I CAN’T EAT THIS MUCH!

The café is also a casino, so the noise from all the machines and people is unbelievable.

Our merry group is devouring food.

That’s all for now. Thanks for your attention!