hey there fellow travelers mark here
with walter's world and today we're here
in nashville tennessee at the grand ole
opry and today what we have for you are
the don'ts of visiting nashville and i
know nashville is famous for country
music but my first stone is
don't think you need to bring your
cowboy boots when you do come here to
nashville and there's a couple reasons
why i mean well unless you're a
bachelorette party then i think it's
obligated to work cowboy boots when you
come here but honestly
one you have a ton of stuff to see here
in nashville so you have a lot of
walking a lot of getting around a lot of
standing and waiting line to get into
restaurants and and most likely you're
not wearing cowboy boots every day so
new boots new cowboy boots plus lots of
walking plus hot weather equals really
painful feet so there's that side of it
but also on the other side of it look
you're not going to see a lot of cowboys
when you are here all right you're going
to see more hipsters and and transplants
when you're here than than good
old-fashioned cowboys with cowboy boots
okay but but don't get me wrong if you
want to buy cowboy boots this is the
place to be there are so many cowboy
boot places to buy like where you can
buy boots you'll be fine to pick them up
here and those transplants i was talking
about i think that's another don't i
need to talk to you about and that is
don't think you're going gonna meet a
lot of born bred and raised people from
nashville when you are here because this
city has just had a huge influx like
wave after wave of people moving here
from all over the u.s i mean honestly
when i was down by franklin i have
expected to see a sign saying coming
soon peoria tennessee because so many
people from illinois have moved here but
you go around and you can see some of
the stress that's put on the
infrastructure here the shopping the
lines you have so have a heads up the
people you meet here a lot of them
aren't from here originally but don't
worry they'll let you know where they're
from originally to be like but now i
live here in nashville because they're
so proud of the city because it is
really great and if you do meet a local
ask them what their favorite hot chicken
place is ask them what their favorite
barbecue places because they're glad to
share the original kind of ideas the
original feelings of nashville because
honestly all these people have come in
have really changed the city i mean it's
not just sweet tea anymore you hear
unsweet tea ordered quite often and i
will be honest the friendliness that you
had in nashville was known for it's
still there but it's not as high as it
used to be because just so many people
here and i think all those people and
all the tourists that are coming here
because of the cool city the transplants
it leads to another don't i have for you
and that is don't expect to have a
stress-free driving experience when you
are here in nashville because
with all those extra people the roads
the infrastructure it's not really set
up for it now i will give it to them
they're working on to increase the you
know the the lanes and the highways and
making 24 bigger and doing things but
honestly whether it's one-way streets
tons of traffic traffic jams on the
highway frustration with it oh i can't
tell you how many times i'm driving from
the north coming down i'm like i drive
by the city on the right you're like oh
that's a beautiful view we're past the
city we'll be fine but all that growth
has really been on the south part of
nashville and then you the south of
nashville then you just sit in a traffic
jam forever and you're like oh
but it will be a little frustrating
because you're really going to have to
drive when you're here because that's my
next don't for us don't forget you're
going to need transport because public
transportation here in nashville is not
going to help you very much okay and the
thing is some of those really good
restaurants that the hot chickens like
princess hot chicken and hatty bees or
you want to go to loveless cafe and get
their amazing biscuits you have to go
there you just have to go there you
don't get there by bus you can't walk
there it's not on broadway you've got to
drive out to them okay now one little
happy thing is there's actually the
assembly food hall on broadway where
some of the famous restaurants have have
brought in like little kiosk versions of
their food so you get a taste of it not
a full menu about 80 percent of the food
taste as well but it gives you a nice
taste when you're there but you're gonna
need to drive out to these places and
you can kind of understand why you need
to drive out to some of these places
because honestly nashville it's kind of
like nashville and then a bunch of
little towns that have really grown up
like booming growing fast fast fast and
adjusting that's kind of tough okay so
i'm just gonna give you a warning on
that because honestly
don't think you can get all the great
food just downtown all right so you're
gonna have to go out you want to go to
five dollars bakery and get their donuts
oh my gosh imagine a croissant and a
donut had a perfect little baby uh yes
the loveless cafe biscuits you're gonna
have to drive okay and i think with
going to those places i do need to
mention this don't don't worry about
waiting in line it is well worth it
whether it's loveless cafe princess hot
chicken anywhere you go it's worth it
for the line to get in to eat that
fantastic food okay because honestly i
know they call it music city but it
really should be called like food city
food and music city but doesn't quite
roll off the tongue as well oh and by
the way another donut i have to is you
don't have to call it nashville hot
chicken we're already in nashville so
you just call it hot chicken and you can
get great hot chicken everywhere and i
want to say locals tell people the best
places to go get hot chicken down below
in the comments because all the locals
have their own favorite places and so
you can go experiment there's even hot
chicken tours you can do when you're
here in nashville because it's that
popular and i think a dome for that hot
chicken is don't think the nashville hot
chicken is super hot the first bite
what's great about nashville hot chicken
is that yes it's spicy and hot but it's
flavorful and if you watch any videos on
youtube about nashville they'll show
people eating nashville hot chicken and
it's always starting off with you know
oh the first part wow this is good it's
really good i don't feel any spice and
then halfway through they're like oh i'm
starting to sweat then by the end
they're like oh my god my lips are so
hot i don't know what to do
uh fyi that's why you have the white
bread there you take the white bread eat
that that helps with the heat but it's a
it's a gradual growth of intensity of
that heat so just just don't be
surprised if you get the tenders and you
only get like three of the four tenders
done because your mouth is tingling at
the end or if you get the hat chicken
just just just don't feel bad or at
least be ready for it another donut i
have when you're here in nashville that
comes to food is don't feel that you're
too old to go back to the cafeteria
there are tons of great cafeterias you
can go to when you are here and get your
meat and threes and what's cool is
they'll rotate so friday we'll have
different food than monday than
different than tuesday so you can go
back and have a lot of great stuff just
get in line pick your meat pick out
three sides you're good to go this is
one of my favorites here now you
remember how i said there's no real
public transportation so you won't see
too many buses well i should say there's
there's not too many
public buses you'll see you will see a
ton of tour buses and my don't for that
is don't worry about what kind of tour
you want to take when you're here in
nashville they have one for you okay
when i came out of the country music
hall of fame at the street corner no
joke you had the uh redneck comedy bus
tour go by there was a country music bus
tour that went by and the little bike
tour where people were drinking on the
bikes thing that all went by i mean you
have the gray line bus tours there's so
many tours that go around here for you
to enjoy that pretty much anything you
want to do there's probably a tour for
it and that's what's funny is when you
see the number of buses going around
town
you're like wow if they just kind of
made those like public buses as well
this city would be awesome for public
transportation but it's not but you can
get plenty of tours when you are here
so another don't i have to tell you when
you're looking at those tours don't
forget you can actually get your own
tour bus and drive around and you'll see
people
partying on the buses you'll see them
with hot tubs you'll see them with music
djs all kinds of fun stuff so just know
there are options out there for you if
you want to come here with some friends
and have a fun time because everybody
seems like they're having a good time in
those buses
see look there's another one over there
they're all over the place
oh and i really want to stress that when
you do come to nashville don't think
that it's just nashville hot chicken is
the only food here there's so much other
great food that's here on jocelyn's
channel we actually have a video just on
the eats when you're here whether it is
some of those great donuts at you know
five daughters bakery or you're getting
some of the awesome barbecue or catfish
when you're here but there's a lot of
other food to enjoy oh my god you get
great steak and oysters when you're here
downtown i mean it's just
it's not just the hot chicken though the
hot chicken's so good you might want to
eat it every day anyway
and there's another thing i should warn
you about about something you might do
every day and that is
don't have too many bushwhackers when
you're on broadway because there's a lot
of people that have maybe too many
bushwhackers when they're here if you're
not sure what a bushwacker is that is a
an adult beverage it is rum and kahlua
and ice kind of mixed together it's
basically like an adult slurpee and
people have a few too many because they
are really good and the thing is with
the heat you have here it really cools
you off so people have a bit too much so
if you're on broadway especially at
night just be careful with the with the
drinking and the people that have been
drinking because it can get a bit crazy
not just the bachelor and bachelorette
party stuff but other people that are
there can have a little bit too much of
a good time with you so so you know it's
nice to get hit on i was i've been hit
on by many people i've been here but
sometimes you're like okay that's good
just you had enough because you're going
to be down on broadway listen to the
live music when you're there because
there's so much live music up and down
broadway that you're really any time of
the day and night it's open until 3am
you're going to enjoy the music when
you're there but i think a donut i have
to say is don't think broadway is one
the only place to go out but also two
the only place where you can listen to
live music i mean honestly if you like
country music you're better off leaving
broadway and going to other parts of
town because when i've been on broadway
i hear a lot more southern rock rock
stuff than i actually hear country music
so even though the country music hall of
fame is right there doesn't mean you're
gonna hear a lot of country so go out
leave broadway go out into different
parts around the city there's live music
all over okay it's it's called music
city not not music street music city and
you'll hear live bands you know we're
the annie b band and she was awesome up
there playing and she's playing around
town and you can actually meet some of
the bands there's lots of great places
to see them from small clubs to big
arenas you can have great music when
you're here but don't think it's just on
broadway i mean heck if you're going out
even going a few blocks of printer's
alley will give you a completely
different vibe than you have on broadway
now going back to that country music
hall of fame one don't worry if you're
not a country music fan you will enjoy
going to the country music hall of fame
you will see more guitars than you've
ever seen in your entire life it's
multiple floors you take an elevator
robles you got this and it just you kind
of floor by four you learn about the
history of country music you see the
guitars the stories it's actually a well
done you know hall of fame for music i
actually enjoyed it i'm not the hugest
country music fan but i did enjoy the
country music hall of fame but a don't i
have for that is don't get overwhelmed
by all the ticket options they give you
when you go there because yes there's
just entrance there's there's entrance
and going to hatch show prince and then
there's entrance and going to rca studio
b on music row or you could i mean
there's just songwriter stuff and it's
like they have more tours than george
strait has number one hits okay they
don't have that many tours because he's
got a lot of number one hits but you get
my idea so make sure you read through
which ticket options right for you so
you could get the most out of your visit
to the country music hall of fame and if
you do love country music one thing i
got to tell you or if you just love
music in general
if you get a chance don't pass up a
chance to see a show at the ryman
auditorium or here at the grand ole opry
because these places they're not huge
huge venues i mean this on the ground
offers a nice sized one but what's cool
about it is you have like world-class
talent that will come and play the ryman
or come play here at the grand ole opry
and you're in a much more intimate
setting so you're not watching them in a
stadium you're watching them up close
and so you get kind of this like
goosebumpy like closeness to the bands
that play there and the artist so so if
you get a chance go and you can actually
just tour them by themselves to see
where they play so that can be a fun
thing to do now leaving our music behind
our eating behind another donut i have
for you is don't forget to go out to
centennial park and go to the parthenon
look the parthenon you know the
parthenon the one in athens there's the
acropolis the parthenons on top yeah
they rebuilt that here at the end of the
1800s okay and you can go in and there's
like you know there's art gallery in the
bottom but what's amazing which is like
i was just like wow it may actually make
me more impressed at the real parthenon
in athens is you go in and they have
athena there a statue of athena holding
nike and nike the nike statue is
actually taller than me yeah it's insane
you've got to go just for that it's
worth the price of mission just going in
to see that and then the park that's
there is just gorgeous they've redone it
recently and it's just a nice place to
be and relax you can chill out with your
friends and what's cool is vanderbilt
university is right by there so you can
go and enjoy the campus as well so you
can have a nice time and my last stone
for you when you're coming here to
nashville is don't pass up the history
when you're here look nashville is the
capital of tennessee so you have all the
state museums that you can visit when
you're the state catholic can visit but
probably the most important historical
place to visit is the hermitage which is
andrew jackson's home so you can go to
his home you can see his actual
furniture you can see where he's
enslaved people lived i mean you get the
whole story of him and you get the good
you get the bad and you get the crazy
about andrew jackson when you're there
but there's a lot of history you can
take in and i guess if you like other
american history you can also go to
antique archaeology you know the
american pickers people they have a
store here you can go visit alright now
i know right now a lot of the people
from nashville that watch this video are
probably upset with me because i haven't
mentioned this and that is don't forget
to get out in nature when you are here
in nashville because you have some
really cool state parks you can go
hiking you can bike and you can go and
enjoy the nature because there's some
really gorgeous nature around here you
know if you're going down to franklin
which is a super cute town you can do
that you can go visit some state parks
as well i mean heck if you want to go to
if you want to go to radnor lake state
park you can hike around the lake it's
gorgeous the warner parks you can go
visit i mean heck if you don't have the
the time or the transportation to get
out to those you can just go to
cumberland park which is literally take
the pedestrian bridge over the
cumberland river from broadway and
there's a park there you can enjoy and
the greenway throughout here dude you
can bike the greenway when you're here
there's so much outdoor activities in
town and out of town that you can really
get out and enjoy and also that's why
it's not a good idea to have the cowboy
boots because they're not really good
for the hiking okay so just fyi so i
hope this helps you know a bit better
what to do and not do when you come here
to nashville so i want to say a special
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