Skate Nashville - Hitting the Town!

Friday, April 19, 2024

Today was a first for us.  Today Emily had no skating events.  Her short program was yesterday and her long program wasn't until late afternoon on Saturday!  So, today we just had all the fun in Nashville!  We started out with a morning shopping trip to a local mall.  We found several things for each of us and it was really fun!  The mall even had a cute little carousel so of course I needed a picture.

Then we met the rest of the skating crew at the Hard Rock Cafe down on Broadway.  No cowboy hats this year, but it was still super fun!  Then we took in the sights of Broadway for a bit before heading over to the Goo Goo Cluster candy factory!

   

We decided since no one had any skating this afternoon that we would try out the chocolate tour the candy factory offered.  Goo Goo Cluster is a Nashville original and is the first chocolate ever to be combined with another ingredient - in this case caramel and peanuts. 

   

   

   

As part of our tour, we got to learn a little history of the candy and the company, taste some really yummy treats and even make our own, individual Goo Goo Clusters.  It only lasted an hour, but it was really, really fun.  I highly recommend it if you are ever in Nashville.

After the tour, we headed back to the rink to see Lily and Johie skate again and then, since it was really late when Johie finished, we stopped by a local shop for pizza...except it turned out to be more of a carry out only place....they only had one table and it was kind of a dive.  But, oh well, it worked.