It tastes delightful, sweet and refreshing — but be warned, it will truly mess you up. After a night of stuffing our faces with Korean barbeque and talking and laughing over beer and soju for hours, I fell asleep in a blissful drunken food coma dreaming of kimchi and mochi and stir-fried octopus tentacles. And Lee stayed up and carried on drinking, sitting at his computer. He got an email notification — an advertisement from Megabus. As soju-wasted Lee clicked through the options for cheap bus destinations, one caught his eye.
A city in Tennessee, synonymous with the birthplace of country music. A classic American destination. Or so he thought… So he booked it. After all, he is a huge Johnny Cash fan. It was a few hours later in the cold light of morning when he realised what he had done. A post shared by Kelly Dunning nomadgirlkelly. Why not go check it out?
It was somewhere that I had never even heard of, let alone considered going. I was curious to see what this city had to offer. Who knows? There could be a lot of great things to do in Knoxville? So, what did we do during our accidental vacation in Knoxville? Here are a few of the delights we discovered in this scruffy but friendly and welcoming little city. It is one of the most recognisable buildings in the skyline and an absolute must when it comes to things to do in Knoxville.
Of course, you can go up into the shimmering gold ball of the Sunsphere and look around. The Observation Deck is open daily and is free to the public. When Nelson throws a rock at the Sunsphere, it topples over and lands on their rental car, destroying it and stranding them in Knoxville.
Funny and unlikely indeed — I wonder how much soju was involved in their decision. Much of our time in Knoxville was spent walking and talking, something Lee and I love to do. The park itself consists of three sections, a performance lawn, a lake area and a festival lawn.
