Thursday
9am and we were on “Tommy’s” Sightseeing Tour and heading downtown Nashville. We were but 2 on a bus of 22 which made for almost a full bus (2 short). It was comfortable but not like riding around in our own “bus”. This is a one man operation all the way, but he does it pretty well. Even while giving us some details about this or that, he was able to take phone calls from those that want to tour with him tomorrow or sometime in the near future. As I mentioned in yesterdays blog, Tommy is a charming guy, a non-stop talker, and quite a comedian, but we found out today that he is killing himself with heavy smoking, stress, and being overweight. Fortunately he didn’t smoke on the bus, but when we stopped…
Nashville is not only big in music, but one of the largest printing cities in the country, and is huge in higher education fields as well. Tommy didn’t give us the “Normal” tour that we’ve had through other tour companies, but much more personal. We spent at least 2 hours in Nashville touring the blocks on blocks of amazing architecture,