Howdy!

 For our anniversary this year, Matthew took the whole day off and we decided to be tourists of Nashville. We had plans to go to the Grand Ole Opry House and the Ryman Auditorium to take tours, but the Ryman closed early for an awards show so we didn't get to see it. But, the Grand Ole Opry was awesome. We got to play on stage!

 Okay, not for real. This is a painted background with instruments that only have like 2 stings. We rocked it though!!

 We got to see where the members of the Grand Ole Opry get their fan mail. We also learned that their all in alphabetical order except for one.. Little Jimmy Dickens. They had to put his lower so he could reach it.

 Here is one of the many dressing rooms they had.

 This painting is in the "Green Room" where the performer's family waits.

And then we finally got to go on the stage.

 We got to stand on the legendary circle of wood that was taken from the side of the Ryman's stage. All the stars have stood or walked on this and they were able to have it even after Nashville was flooded. It was pretty cool to have stood where greats like Minnie Pearl did as she yelled "Howdy!" This was one of the trivia questions on the tour and I totally surprised Matthew by knowing who said that!

Matthew and I had SO much fun touring the Grand Ole Opry. We were the youngest people there. Matthew was worried that we would be the only people there to tour it, but much to his surprise, there were tour groups from Germany and France that were there. See? Told you it was cool, Matthew.

All we did was take a tour, but I'm pretty sure we'll be planning to go see someone play there soon.