European Visitors. What To Show Them In Louisville? (Fort Knox, Bardstown: houses, neighborhoods)

[Visvaldis]

In July I'll host a couple (in their 40s) from Munich, Germany, for about 4 days in Louisville. I'm stumped. What to show them? They have no interest in horse racing or gambling. How about something cultural?

[Peter1948]

Originally Posted by Visvaldis

In July I'll host a couple (in their 40s) from Munich, Germany, for about 4 days in Louisville. I'm stumped. What to show them? They have no interest in horse racing or gambling. How about something cultural?

We have nothing cultural. Just a bunch of toothless hillbillies with no good radio.....

hmmm let's see. Show them Old Louisville, the largest Victorian Mansion district in the US. Contact the Old LOuisville visitor center to set up a tour.

Take them to Museum Row. Stop at the Slugger Bat Museum, Muhammad ALi, and have lunch at Proof on Main followed by a tour of the free Contemporary art gallery in the basement.

While small, the Speed Art Museum is great. Take them for a walk on Waterfront Park.

Have a meal at Seviche for dinner and stroll down to Better Days Records and Why Louisville for some keepsakes. Take them for a walk up Cherokee Rd near Willow Ave, and enjoy the turn of the century architecture and Olmstead Park.

Shop the NuLu area. Joe Ley Antiques is really neat, and Harvest, Wiltshire, Rye, and especially, DECCA, are rocking right now. Take them to Garage Bar or Meat in Butchertown for prohibition style cocktails afterwards.

If they like Jazz, the NuLu lounge at Mozz on Market often has some good shows. Should they like craft beers, skip across the river and show them quaint New Albany, IN. Mansion Row on main street has really shapen up and Bank St. Brewhouse has great beers and pub grub.

Make sure you check LEO and Metromix for happenings. If they are coming on the first or last friday of the month, one of the art gallery hops is a MUST. Some places to start:

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I hail from Chicago, and what you have failed to see so far is that Louisville, in fact, is like a mini-Chicago. It is a city with very tight-knit, urban, walkable, urban, diverse neighborhoods with lots to do. There is just not the great density and transit and of course mega CBD with surrounding sprawlburbs, plus you have a bit of a southern flair with midwest sensibility in Louisville.

[tomocox]

If I were to bet, and you have one or two days left over after STX's itenerary, which I agree with, take them to Mammoth Cave and/or Bardstown.

[Visvaldis]

I'm surprised at the lack of suggestions.
Anyway, my guests have been to Florida and New York City, but this will be their first time in the Bible Belt.
Yes, I think the houses in Old Louisville are worth a view, also the skyline from the Indiana side of the Ohio. A drive to Fort Knox, to see the vault, is on plan, plus we'll have a look at Dixie Highway. Most of the time we'll spend in the Highlands, then back to my neighborhood for the contrast.
My guests already know about evangelism in America, so I'll show them Southeast Christian as well.

[kytoaz]

if they like beer, and most germans i know do, take them to sergio's world beers on story and have a pint. I've met many euro's there over the years there and they all seem to love the place.

the speed art museum has some pretty impressive stuff at certain times.

[gemstone1]

And don't forget to take them to a distillery....

Regards
Gemstone1

[The Dissenter]

If they have any interest in military history, i'd show them the Patton museum down 31W in Hardin County.

[Cattknap]

Originally Posted by Visvaldis

I'm surprised at the lack of suggestions.
Anyway, my guests have been to Florida and New York City, but this will be their first time in the Bible Belt.
Yes, I think the houses in Old Louisville are worth a view, also the skyline from the Indiana side of the Ohio. A drive to Fort Knox, to see the vault, is on plan, plus we'll have a look at Dixie Highway. Most of the time we'll spend in the Highlands, then back to my neighborhood for the contrast.
My guests already know about evangelism in America, so I'll show them Southeast Christian as well.

You might really shake them up and take them to church.

[Visvaldis]

Originally Posted by The Dissenter

If they have any interest in military history, i'd show them the Patton museum down 31W in Hardin County.

They don't have militarized minds.
I'm not exactly sure where it is, but somewhere around West Point is a machine gun range where patriots get their gun thrills. Maybe we'll have a look there.

[Visvaldis]

Originally Posted by Cattknap

You might really shake them up and take them to church.

American evangelical and religious fundamentalism is known to most Europeans. Kentucky has no shortage of religious TV programs. We might tune in for a few minutes and save a trip to any church.