Nashville Day 3: Overstuffed in Opryland

On our third and final day in Nashville, we woke up at 6:30 AM to grab breakfast at the hotel (Hyatt Place), which offers free continental breakfast for all guests. We wanted to get an early start on the day so we could experience more of the city before we had to check out at 2 PM. I was still full from the night before but ended up having banana foster's pancakes.

A friend had mentioned that the Opryland Resort might be something we would enjoy so we decided to take her advice and go, especially since it was back up to the high 60s that day. We ended up using LYFT for the first time and it went much smoother than I expected. Plus, I used a coupon code that gave us $5 off our first 10 rides so it ended up costing us less than $12 plus tip each way.

The inside of the resort was beautiful. There were 5 different botanical gardens and a giant Christmas tree. It was a great way to kill some time. I'm definitely glad we went but it was really no different than the botanical gardens at the hotels in Las Vegas.

I wanted to grab one last meal before check out (god only knows why), so we headed back to the hotel around noon, quickly packed and then walked to The Stillery. It looked like they had some amazing pizza from what I saw on Yelp. I ordered a plain cheese pizza and a Strawberry Gorgonzola salad with Goat Cheese instead of Gorgonzola and Drew ordered the Catfish & Chips. Like every other meal in Nashville, it was HUGE...or as Anthony Melchiorri likes to say..."YUUUGE." (No disrespect, I love Anthony Melchiorri and if you don't know who he is, google him and watch his shows; especially Hotel Impossible.)

The pizza was definately as good as it looked but I had to box most of it up. We got back to the hotel just in time to check out and drop our bags off with the concierge. Our flight wasn't until 6:20 PM so we decided to head back downtown to get some gelato and buy a few souvenirs. The gelato was out of this world...I got the praline and cream and banana pudding. We then sat on a bench by the waterfront to enjoy. What a stark difference in weather from the previous two days. There were even a few people sunbathing on the lawn.

We soon found out that our flight had been delayed for an hour so we spent some extra time shopping around and then headed back to the hotel to sit down and relax before heading to the airport. Overall, we had a great time in Nashville. Although we couldn't find much to do considering we don't like museums or bar crawling, the city had some of the best food I've had in my life and two nights was the perfect amount of time to experience it all.