But I can’t think of anywhere else I would see something like this where there’s a crowd and everyone is actually in to it. It’s really an experience I will never have again so when my mum asked if I was going to go, contrary to my initial ‘NO WAY,’ I decided it was worth a look. I have enjoyed myself and enjoyed watching the bands play; they are talented musicians even if I hate the music. I have been going to the sessions pretending I’m listening to non-hillbilly music which has helped me get through. I don’t know what my siblings do but they get through too.
I lost my bags when we left LA, but I have them back now. Stoked!
We were at LAX airport checking in to leave for Nashville. We got our bags weighed and ticketed, then had to go to a check point to drop our bags of for screening, where they would be taken away to be loaded on the plane. After we dropped them off, my mum noticed that two bags (my one and one of hers) were under someone else’s name. It was too late to tell the screening guys so we went back to the lady at the counter and told her the problem. To cut a long story short we basically got told by about 6 different managers who ‘were going to sort it out’ for us that our bags were lost and the best we could do was hope that they turn up when we got to Nashville. If they didn’t and they ended up going to Cabo like the labels said, we would have to sort it out from Nashville. Thanks so much LAX.
Now I don’t know, but I’m pretty sure that in NZ, we would have probably been able to at least sort out the situation before getting to our destination without our bags. I even think Auckland airport workers would have made an effort. LAX is massive, I know, but surely we could have arranged to have our bags forwarded to Nashville ASAP from there. The Nashville guys were amazing, they were able to find our bags in Cabo and arranged for them to get here on the first flight from there. I had to wait a day and a half before my bag (which had all my clothes and toiletries in it) turned up. But hey I got them back now so I’m stoked.
I don’t know what else to say about America so far. Nashville... Well it’s a lot like CHCH, laid out like a grid and full of trees and stuff, but it has hills and the city centre is not scummy like CHCH, it’s actually really nice. It’s kinda like a mix between CHCH and maybe Dunedin or Auckland.
I don’t get to some internet often, I spend half my time finding somewhere that has it for less than 10 bux a day. So hence there has been a minimal amount of contact from me in the last few days. Sorry about that. I miss home, I miss C3 and Primal and I miss Holly heaps, but I’m having a good time here and I’m trying to concentrate on that.
That’s all for now folks!
God bless,
ROY
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