After a long and arduous day of driving, we arrived in Nashville to stay a night with Alex. During the day Monday, he toured us around, with the first stop being The Pancake Pantry. Andrew had a corn meal pancake with peppers, cheese and bacon in it. I had ones called "sugar and spice" that tasted a bit like Christmas.
We also went to Gaylord Opreyland, which is like a small, indoor city. It felt like a biodome. It's a huge convention center and hotel with a river running through it, restaurants, night clubs, shops... it was huge.
After that we went on a plantation tour. So there weren't actually any crops as the family got their money by breeding racehorses. They turned the mansion into a museum though and were able to find many of the items that had originally been in the home to display. It was interesting to hear how they had supported the Confederacy during the Civil War, but also kept on many of their former slaves as hired hands after it was over. Even their head hostler was a slave and then ended up being the highest paid hired hand on the plantation for a while.
There was also a carriage house on the grounds, where they had on display several different horse drawn carriages and sleighs.
There was also a dairy, the house the family originally lived in while they were building the mansion, and which later went to the head hostler, a mausoleum, and a garden house. Below is a cabin that the slaves lived in. The tour stated that of the ones who stayed as hired hands, many of them chose to continue living in these buildings on the grounds.
It was pretty cool to see all of the pieces of art, furniture, and general household items from the 1800s. Even our tour guide was dressed up for the time period!
We also went to Gaylord Opreyland, which is like a small, indoor city. It felt like a biodome. It's a huge convention center and hotel with a river running through it, restaurants, night clubs, shops... it was huge.
After that we went on a plantation tour. So there weren't actually any crops as the family got their money by breeding racehorses. They turned the mansion into a museum though and were able to find many of the items that had originally been in the home to display. It was interesting to hear how they had supported the Confederacy during the Civil War, but also kept on many of their former slaves as hired hands after it was over. Even their head hostler was a slave and then ended up being the highest paid hired hand on the plantation for a while.
There was also a carriage house on the grounds, where they had on display several different horse drawn carriages and sleighs.
There was also a dairy, the house the family originally lived in while they were building the mansion, and which later went to the head hostler, a mausoleum, and a garden house. Below is a cabin that the slaves lived in. The tour stated that of the ones who stayed as hired hands, many of them chose to continue living in these buildings on the grounds.
It was pretty cool to see all of the pieces of art, furniture, and general household items from the 1800s. Even our tour guide was dressed up for the time period!
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