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On Wednesday, April 20, 2011 we take a bus tour around Nashville. The tour includes a ride past the recording studios of "Music City, USA" and the Parthenon at Centennial Park. This is Nashville, the home of country music. We stop at the famous Ryman Auditorium, the original home of the Grand Ole Opry and visit the Country Music Hall of Fame. A fun stop for me was Legends Corner at Broadway and 5'th Street, the location of Tootsie's Orchid Lounge "The best honky tonk bar in the country".

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[0:32] Starting a bus tour of Nashville, TN, we pass the Music City recording studios
[1:40] Passing the West End Methodist Church.
[1:56] Passing Lake Watauga and the Parthenon at Centennial Park.
[2:40] Passing the Customs House Museum and the First Baptist Church.
[3:37] Visiting the famous Ryman Auditorium, the original home of the Grand Ole Opry
[4:10] Passing near the Tennessee State Capitol Building and the Municipal Auditorium.
[4:42] Scenes near the Bicentennial Mall.
[5:24] Visiting the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Shortly after we visited, work began on a major expansion of the Hall of Fame. As this page is written, the satellite image shows only an empty construction site.

[6:40] Visiting Legends Corner at Broadway and 5'th Street, the location of Tootsie's Orchid Lounge, "The best honky tonk bar in the country".
[7:09] Returning to the hotel.

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