Summer Travels & Recommendations

Green Fleet Bicycle Tour!  Read below to hear more...

Hi everyone! I am finally home after almost 3 weeks of traveling!  I'm going to sum up our trips with some recommendations in case you ever visit the areas we frequent!  We like to use Trip Advisor when we travel and it's never let us down!

We started summer out by attending a Ke$ha and Pitbull concert in Auburn Hills, Michigan.  It was pretty much awesome.  I particularly loved Ke$ha...I know a lot of people don't like her but I do think she is talented.  She has such a unique voice... Have you heard her acoustic version of"Die Young?"  That confirmed to me that she can sing!  While in Michigan, we ate at a  fantastic pizza place called "Buddy's."  It was super good.  I got a great Greek salad and then we shared a pepperoni pizza.  The crust was so buttery and delicious!  There's a reason they are ranked the #1 restaurant for Auburn Hills on Trip Advisor.

While in Michigan, we hit up our favorite breakfast place, "Afternoon Delight."  Be sure to get there early because there's always a wait!  They have an extensive breakfast and lunch menu.  I've never had anything bad there!  My favorite things there are the "Veggie Morning Delight" egg sandwich and the "Cappuccino Delight" drink.

Here I am acting like an idiot before the concert

Intermission at concert 

A little collage of our trip!  

Upon returning from Michigan, we had about a week before leaving for Nashville to celebrate our 7th anniversary!  Woo hoo!  Ok here's the story about Nashville:  We love it.  We've been there 3 times in the past 3 years.  We eventually want to move there, specifically to Franklin or Brentwood.  There's so much to do there, it's ridiculous.  The weather is way better than the Ohio Valley.  Here's the problem:  I would have to take a significant pay cut to go.  At this point in our lives, it just can't happen.  It's our goal in the near future, though!  Hopefully a few years!

So back to the Nash trip...while there we did some fun things.  We first went to our favorite little gem of a restaurant, "Puckett's Grocery and Restaurant."  It's always amazing.  We go to the one in Franklin but there are more locations throughout Nashville!  Be prepared to eat heavy, Southern cuts!  I decided to go all out with some fried chicken {pictured below}!!  We also visited the Opryland Hotel and had dinner at Solorio, which was awesome but pricey.  Their made-fresh guac was ridiculous.  We needed to work off some of the food we ate while in Nash, so we booked a sweet bike tour from "Green Fleet Bicycle Tours."  This was the highlight of our trip!  We met downtown at the bike bus {shown below}  and geared up for a 3 hour, 10 mile bike tour of Nashville.  It was so much fun!  Austin, the owner and our tour guide was great!  He showed us parts of Nash that we've never seen before.  He also took us by some pretty sweet places like the American Pickers shop and the Nashville Farmer's Market.  The time passed by so quickly; we didn't even feel like we were getting exercise!  This tour is a must-see for anyone visiting Nashville.  Thanks, Green Fleet!

Our 6 days in Nashville came to an end and we were sad to go but we left knowing we'd be back again soon!

Here we are on our wedding day circa 2006! 

Nash Love 

Finally, hubby and I went our separate ways...me to Florida with my parents and him to California to visit his parents.  It was a whirl-wind month of June but so fun!  I just love to travel.

Are you taking any trips this summer?  Where to?  Leave a comment telling me your summer plans and I'll select two lucky peeps to win my "Summer Centers" pack!  Winners announced Sunday before I go to bed!

xo
Megan