Saturday, November 11, 2006
Nashville fun
We are almost done with our third day of convention. It's been a great experience so far. I'll try to give you a little peak into the fun we've had.
We were pretty lucky when we got to Nashville on Thursday. The students' hotel rooms were ready right away. My and Steve's room wasn't ready until 4:30 though, so that meant a lot of sitting around the many lobbies in this huge hotel. We finally got in though with a few extra minutes before we left for dinner.
That has been the biggest disappointment on this trip. The Opryland has plenty of restaurants and food vendors, but they are all outrageously expensive. Thursday night, we ended up eating at the sports bar in the hotel. We didn't have enough time to walk the 15 minutes to Applebee's. I paid $10 for a chicken ceasar salad. It was good, but not $10 worth. A few of the girls ordered what the restaurant described as soup. A more accurate description was given by Rachel, "It tastes like water with a little bit of onion in it." The hotel food hasn't been very noteworthy other than the high prices.
Friday was filled with sessions and contests. I think everyone had at least one good session on Friday. Story ideas and design seems to be the big hit topics for us this time. That's good since that is our goal. I think that might be why we are noticing story ideas and design more.
Okay, I'm getting tired of writing now, so I'm going to take a break. However, you will want to check back later. I have a great story about torn jeans and a broken down taxi.
We were pretty lucky when we got to Nashville on Thursday. The students' hotel rooms were ready right away. My and Steve's room wasn't ready until 4:30 though, so that meant a lot of sitting around the many lobbies in this huge hotel. We finally got in though with a few extra minutes before we left for dinner.
That has been the biggest disappointment on this trip. The Opryland has plenty of restaurants and food vendors, but they are all outrageously expensive. Thursday night, we ended up eating at the sports bar in the hotel. We didn't have enough time to walk the 15 minutes to Applebee's. I paid $10 for a chicken ceasar salad. It was good, but not $10 worth. A few of the girls ordered what the restaurant described as soup. A more accurate description was given by Rachel, "It tastes like water with a little bit of onion in it." The hotel food hasn't been very noteworthy other than the high prices.
Friday was filled with sessions and contests. I think everyone had at least one good session on Friday. Story ideas and design seems to be the big hit topics for us this time. That's good since that is our goal. I think that might be why we are noticing story ideas and design more.
Okay, I'm getting tired of writing now, so I'm going to take a break. However, you will want to check back later. I have a great story about torn jeans and a broken down taxi.
