The other city we did not get to see on our way up was Louisville, KY. Even though we enjoyed the stay at Charleston State Park on our way up, we were too busy the first 2 weeks in July to do any sightseeing.
Towards the end of the week, the Temperatur dropped and we had the first freeze when we got up this morning
Even though we should not have been too surprised as it is the end of October, it did come a little sudden as the weather so far had been good to us. Well, at least we had the Campground almost to ourselves
So we donned the warmest clothes we could find and headed downtown Louisville, KY which lies just across the Ohio River.
What would a visit to Louisville, KY be without its famous sites:
The Louisville Slugger Factory and Museum
The numerous Bourbon shops like Evan Williams, Bulleits, and numerous others with instructions on how to distil Bourbon
The Muhammad Ali Museum
The KFC YUM Center, Home of the University of Louisville’s Cardinals
And numerous other sites reflecting an active history and vivid past
German History in Louisville, KY dates back to 1787 when the first settlers arrived. By the 1850s almost 35% of Louisville’s population were Germans and public schools were taught in German.
German Churches were started, meat packing companies formed Butchertown and over 30% of the population still has German ancestors.
Schnitzelburg, a Louisville suburb, was formed by German Immmigrants in 1891 when the first street cars connected the area to the city of Louisville
But just like in Indianapolis, IN Germans fell out of favor during World War I and last names were changed and pasts hidden.
Old factory remnants still carry the history until today
Another interesting and historic city in the Midwest that we enjoyed visiting. The only thing we skipped was lunch on the Queen of Louisville, docked on the Ohio River
