Grand Ole Opry

When we checked into the hotel in Nashville yesterday a few of us decided to try to get tickets to see the Opry. The hotel sells tickets and transportation to the show which is quite a distance from where we are. They couldn't get thru to the box office for some reason so we decided to take our chances. We took the transportation part of the package and hoped that the ticket part would be available to us when we got there, if not we would just wander thru the museum, the giftshop and the Opryland Hotel which is so huge that people who stay there never leave during their visit because they think that IS Nashville. http://www.nashville.com/gaylord_opryland_hotel/

So we get to the box-office and indeed we actually get tickets to the 9:30 show. The Grand Ole Opry is the longest running live radio show in the country. It's performed on stage in front of a live audience and it's alot of fun. There are singers, dancers, comedians and of course music, music, music. We had no idea who was performing and were pleasantly surprised. Among others we saw Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Little Jimmy Dickens, Brad Paisley and Steve Martin , that's right the comic Steve Martin who is an amazing Banjo player in his first-ever performance at the Grand Ole Opry. It was a great show and I'm sure it was the highlight of the trip, although unplanned, for the Brits I went with. Not even the Chattanooga Choo Choo trolly ride can top the Grand Ole Opry!