"Memphis to Nashville" Dianne.kennett's photos around Nashville, United States

A TripAdvisorâ„¢ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Nashville, United States by TravelPod blogger Dianne.kennett titled "Memphis to Nashville" Dianne.kennett's travel blog entry: "We went to the Memphis zoo on Thursday. It's voted the number one zoo in America. We got there at 9 am when it opened to try and beat the crowds, the school children are only holiday this week for Spring Break. The weather has been good the last few days. We thought the zoo was really well set up and they have spent a lot of money improving the zoo exhibits. We really like the Teton Trek area where they had Wolves, Grizzlies and Elk. The grizzlies were gorgeous. There were three young grizzlies and they were having so much fun playing with each other. The zoo also had two giant panda's, Ya Ya and Le Le on loan from China and they were so cute, and a Northwest Passage section which is home to polar bears, sea lions and eagles. It was really well set up and easy to walk around. We spent nearly 5 hours there and then went back to our hotel for a while. We drove back to Beale Street and walked to the Peabody Hotel in downtown Memphis. The Peabody was built in the 1930's at a cost of 5 million dollars, the hotel is still beautiful and the lobby is very nice. Every day for the past 77 years, at 11 am, the hotel's ducks file from the elevator across the red carpeted lobby to the fountain, where they swim and play until 5 pm and then they go back to their house on the roof! We went to the hotel and saw ...