This shot is just off Rte 98 looking over Powell Lake at dawn. I wish I had my grad filter because this lighting and composition turned out well.

After catching the sun rise, my buddy Kurt drove us over to Camp Creek Lake to catch the sun rise from a different angle.

Next stop was Deer Lake for another stunning sun rise shot.

Tried one more lake - Western Lake

This composition of Western Lake turned out better than the first one.

Kurt really liked this composition

With my grad filter, I tried to recreated the first morning but didn't get the right composition.

How many of you know that Nashville has an exact replica of the original Parthenon? I've visited the original in Athens. This replica gives you a better idea of how it would look if it weren't in ruins.

Taken from roughly the same place as Athens Greece, this gives you a perspective how impressive this place is.

One for me and one for you

Luke Bryan's was the first place we stopped at Thursday night.

301 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37201

Our next stop Thursday was at Jason Aldean's bar.

307 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37201

How could we skip Dierks Bentley's Whiskey Row while we were in the neighborhood?

400 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37203

If you are ever in Nashville, you need to stop at Five Daughters Bakery on 12th Avenue South. The whole area is worth a visit. Friday morning, we stopped for donuts. They are devilishly heavenly.

1110 Caruthers Ave, Nashville, TN 37204

Friday night, we stopped at BB King's for dinner and some classic Blues.

152 2nd Ave N, Nashville, TN 37201

Friday night, we stopped at the Redneck Riviera where they teach you how to line dance.

208 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37201

Friday night, things were getting a little crazy downstairs, so we walked to the rooftop of Blake Shelton's Ole Red.

300 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37201

It didn't look that big on the menu! Do not order this. It really didn't taste that good and was a total heart attack desert.

No, we did not go in but just to prove we were in Nashville, we got a selfie at the iconic Tootsies lounge.

422 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37203

In the category of "you can't make this up", this band crew were hard to describe, so we had to take a pic.

On the way back home on Thursday, we spent the night out by the Grand Ole Opry so we had to do the tour before heading home. Cool place to visit.

Looking up the Cumberland river downtown Nashville at dusk from the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge.

Unplanned composition from the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge

Constructed between 1609 and 1616 during the rule of Ahmed I

Just outside the Mosque entrance

Much of the interior appeared to be under some form of reformation/construction.

Hagia Sophia was the seat of the Orthodox patriarch of Constantinople. Constantinople fell to the attacking Ottoman forces on the 29th of May in 1453 and became a mosque. In 1935, the first Turkish President and founder of the Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, transformed the building into a museum.

Had to take a selfie in this famous museum

OK. I was probably in their social media posts so I figured I owed them to return the favor. This Japanese tour was marveling over the Deësis mosaic.

The Deësis mosaic -Virgin Mary and John the Baptist are imploring the intercession of Christ Pantocrator for humanity on Judgment Day.
Hagia Sophia

Comnenus mosaic - The Virgin Mary is standing in the middle, depicted in Byzantine art dark blue gown holding Christ in her lap. On her right side stands emperor John II Comnenus and Empress Irene stands on the left side.
Hagia Sophia

Southwestern entrance mosaic - Virgin Mary, Christ Child. On her left is Emperor Constantine. On her right side stands emperor Justinian I.
Hagia Sophia

Randy Fleener, Deon George, Kurt Bilderback, Rob Coventry, Todd Walls, & Avery Bengston

Theodosius Obelisk 390 AD found in the Hippodrome of Constantinople

Walled Obelisk found in the Hippodrome of Constantinople