Tour de South

So we just got back on Sunday night from a glorious 10 day adventure to the south! Matt's parents live in Oxford, MS so we decided to go visit, but this time we made it into a longer vacation where we got to go to other places as well. We flew into Nashville, TN, stayed the night in a (haunted!) hotel (Union Station- an old train station that looks like a big stone castle!) and spent the next day exploring Nashville. We went to this old restored plantation called Belle Mead where we toured around the grounds and the inside of the actual house. It was one of the best days of my life! We ate a the little cafe above the giftshop and I had the most wonderful salad made with tomatoes and cucumbers grown at the plantation and bread with honey butter from the bees they had there! It was so yummy and magical. We also drove around that area to look at all the breath taking southern houses, and we found out later that we drove down Kieth Urban and Nicole Kidman's street!... So after Nashville we drove a couple hours to Cadiz, KY and stayed 3 nights at Matt's family's cabin on Lake Barkley. All we did was float on rafts in the lake, lay in a hammock in the screened in porch with fans blowing, and eat Oreo Blasts from Sonic. Matt fished a lot too, which was so cute. He was so calm and peaceful and so in his element out there on the dock with no shirt and dirty feet! So cute... While we were out there we got to spend a lot of time with Matt's Aunt and Uncle and cousins and their fat babies, which was a lot of fun! After that we drove a couple more hours to Memphis, TN to spend the afternoon with Matt's younger brother Jason and his sweet 4 year old son, who's a pirate. Then onto Oxford, which was only an hour away, to spend the last 5 or 6 days being fattened up by Mama Wells' chocolate cake and homemade ice cream and cheesy bread and other magical creations. It was so nice to just be on a vacation where you feel like you're at home but don't have all the responsibilities that are at home. Matt's parents were so wonderful and they did so much for us while we were there! It was quite a lovely trip!