Catchin' up for y'all

Ok, so we have had a few minor technical difficulties on the road that stopped us from updating, but now we are back in Christchurch and back on track.

The south was awesome! great towns, great music, great people and great food! I'll try do this in order so first up was Nashville, aka music city USA.

We were couchsurfing again here and we lucked out bigtime, staying with our new buds Christian and Jessica.
In there sweet pad, a stones throw from the city centre.
These guys laid out the red carpet in a big way, showing us all around town and making us feel so welcome!

Nashville is a great town and we spent the first day just checking out the city.
The main drag is called broadway and is filled with country bars! There is honestly music playing here all the time. Everyday of the week from 10am until the bars close at 3AM there is music playing for free, and always good too.
Its also got a few cool western wear shops.
I love cowboy shirts.
We also went up to the Tennessee state capital building, complete with state troopers as gaurds.
We addressed a busy press conference.
I liked this staircase but you weren't allowed to go up it.
that was until we met this state trooper who was the friendliest dude in the world.
Its very true what they say about southern hospitality. He let me shimmy right up the staircase.
We also visited the Tennessee history museum, to hear all about the ol south during the civil war.
This is Davy Crockett's bench, he made it himself.
The first night we went out for dinner with Christian and Jessica and some other friends for some southern cookin'. I ate grits, which is like corn porriage, was a bit strange.
Then onto the dive bar for some drinks with our new friends.
The next night we hit broadway for a ol time hoedown at the country Bars.

We saw this ridiculous car.
This sign was a relief.
The bars were cool
And the bands were awesome, this rockabilly guy was first.
then these guys, who may have been the best band I ever saw. The all were awesome players and they could all sing, Nashville really is Music city.
The guitarist tore it up on the lap steel.
Nashville was a ripper of a town, and I will definately go back one day!