In this episode, we reveal how to spend 48 hours soaking in the best of Louisville, immerse you in Louisville’s alive and thriving history, local culture, and surrounding things to do and see. There is so much to do in this beautiful city, and the people are some of the most hospiable in the country! Throughout the episode we give you a day-by-day itinerary shows off Louisville’s character and charm and will leave you wanting to book a trip!

 If you want to take this exact trip, download our two-day Louisville Itinerary! 

Louisville Episode Highlights: 

• Staying at SuperStays Swepson Guest Loft
• Salt Wellness Spa Visit in Crestwood 
• Eating Kentucky classics like the Hot Brown Sandwich
• Visiting Atrium Brewery for their amazing beers and sours
• Classic Louisville Museums
• Wine tasting at Forest Edge Winery in Shepardsville 
• Historical Architecture Tour & Ghost Tour

Our top recommended stays in Louisville: 

• SuperStays– We stayed in the Swepson Guest Loft and loved it! You can rent the entire building or just an apartment. 
• The Brown Hotel
• Or check out these hotels in Louisville

Check out our Louisville Activities & Tours for all activities we recommend and even some that we wanted to do but couldn’t get to, or go farther out into Kentucky and explore Mammoth Cave National Park.

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Two Days in Louisville – Episode Transcript

0:34

Insurance and get ready to embark on a new adventure with us around the globe.

Hello fellow travelers, Welcome to this week’s episode of the Travel Squad Podcast.

Today we are taking you to Louisville, KY.

0:49

We were in Louisville for 48 hours and it was a quick trip but such an amazing visit to the city and I have to say it was quite the underrated city for me.

Like I loved everything that we did and when we were first planning it, I was thinking, will I like the city so much, but I actually loved it and I I’ve spent more time there, to be honest.

1:10

Same.

I was so pleasantly surprised with it.

I’ve always wanted to go to the Kentucky Derby, and obviously the Kentucky Derby wasn’t going on while we were on this trip.

We went in October.

But the Derby culture is very alive and thriving here.

There’s so much history there, Jamal.

1:26

You would have loved it, and there’s so much more to do than I thought there was.

But the biggest thing I want to say before I let you defend yourself, Jamal, is the people are so incredibly hospitable and so nice.

Well I love a good history so you are correct I would have enjoyed it.

1:45

I am going to defend myself.

I was not on this trip with you ladies because you took this trip in October.

It is a busy time for me at work.

I really couldn’t take the time to go and visit.

But the good news is you ladies loved it so much.

Now we have a reason to go back.

2:01

For the Kentucky.

Derby for the Kentucky Derby or any other time or fall season Again, I’m really excited because both of you came back talking, really hyping it up.

So I’m really excited to hear more about your trip.

I know the squatties are too.

And yeah, I’m, I’m, I’m really excited to get into it.

2:19

And Kim already mentioned it, The hospitality there is real.

Everyone that we interacted with was so nice.

The Southern charm is on point.

Southern charm, but it’s like Midwest hospitality, actually.

Yeah, it really.

Is or a beautiful blend of both?

Yeah.

And if you don’t know where Louisville is, it’s in Northern Kentucky.

2:37

It sits along the Ohio River and Indiana is just across the water just a bridge away.

So if you need a 2 Fer to go to Kentucky and Indiana this is a great city to go to.

It’s also the states largest city and I feel like even though Jamal is busy, he could have made time for this because there’s bourbon, baseball, bluegrass and the world famous Kentucky Derby.

3:00

I know they have the Louisville Slugger Museum.

So yes, I do like baseball.

It has that.

I love bourbon.

You say this like you would go bourbon tasting with me, like you ladies would drink bourbon.

I mean, I know when you go places, sometimes it’s part of the experience, but you did a wine tasting.

Although this is home of the Bourbon Trail area, you guys don’t like bourbon.

3:19

So yes, I could probably done a little bit of tasting on my own.

Maybe you ladies would have joined me.

And you know what, maybe you guys could have been the DD this time because Jamal’s always driver.

So if we go, I’ll drink more bourbon.

But again, you guys liked it a lot, so we have a great excuse to go back.

3:35

Really excited to dive in and again hear all about it.

Yeah, Everyone we came in contact with that asked us what are you doing on this trip?

It was like, are you going bourbon tasting?

And Kim and I are like, we are not bourbon people.

And so we decided not to.

I was really tempted to try it, but at the same time, like, I know it’s not for me.

3:54

And so I’m going to stay true to my roots.

If Jamal had been here, maybe I would have toughened it out because I would have been able to, like, taste it and give him the rest of my sample and I would have just been his DD.

Well, yes.

OK, so I would have gotten more drunk because I am a bourbon person.

Bourbon is probably one of my favorite liquors that there is.

4:10

But it’s funny that Brittany says that because anytime I have it or my old fashioned, she’ll take a sip and she’ll give a look on her face like this is gross, like she can’t stand it.

You know what’s really funny is Brittany’s mom does not drink at all.

And sometimes Brittany will be like mom try a drink.

4:26

And anytime she tastes anything with alcohol, she has this weird look on her face where she just like shudders and she’s like, this is the most disgusting.

She does that with all alcohol.

Brittany does that with bourbon.

But let’s not hate on the bourbon.

If you love bourbon, this is a great place to go.

And so you should enjoy it while you are there and definitely give it a try.

4:43

I know it, it’s a strong taste, but when in Rome is the same and I guess when in Louisville try the.

Bourbon to make sure people know if you don’t like bourbon, don’t necessarily mark Louisville off your list because like Brittany and I said, we don’t like bourbon.

5:01

We didn’t do any bourbon tasting yet, we still found it to have so much fun stuff to do in the city that you’re going to have a great time whether you’re a bourbon drinker or not.

Yeah, even when I was chatting with you guys, well, you were gone and I was at home and you were telling me all the food you guys were eating.

5:17

It seems like it’s even a foodie city where you’re going to get really good food out there too.

Well, let’s get into the tips of Louisville.

And the first one I just want to say is that right there?

How do you say Louisville, Louisville, Louisville, Louisville Mobile, Louisville?

5:36

So I actually watched a TikTok about this before we went because I was getting anxiety over how to pronounce things.

I think it’s all you haters in the comments talking about how we don’t pronounce stuff right.

I’m stressing about it and it’s just a thing.

It can be said a million different ways how Britney’s saying it is how we heard most local saying it.

5:56

But even Andrew, who was the host of this day, he said Louisville and then he made me feel very comfortable to say Louisville because that’s how I’ve always said it my whole life being a non resident.

So Squatty’s regardless of how you say the city, you’re going to be just fine.

6:11

It’s a great tip, Kim, You know, people get intimidated about pronunciations of things, us included.

So what a great introduction.

But another tip that we have for you guys is to stay in a walkable and central neighborhood.

We actually stayed in Germantown and we’re going to talk about our stay specifically.

6:29

And it was close to a bunch of bars, restaurants, walkable to the Logan Street Market, and it was within a 15 minute drive of all of the major attractions that we did.

So we felt like it was a really good spot to stay.

You can drink the water, the tap water in Louisville.

Yeah, it’s actually award-winning tap water and it has been branded as Louisville Pure Tap.

6:50

And so we did drink it the whole time we were there, actually.

And they didn’t have time to get water, we were so busy.

If you are going to do some of the things that we’re talking about and some of the surrounding areas of Louisville, you will likely want a rental car.

They do have Ubers, of course there.

It’s a modern city, but we found it best to bop around to so many different things with a car.

7:10

And our last tip for you for now is to visit gotolouisville.com.

They have a ton of resources on there for you.

They have a calendar of events that has information on walking tours, ghost tours, exhibits, food tours, history tours, and they have a blog post with like 25 things to do in Louisville this November.

7:27

They have ideas for attractions, where to stay.

So they have a lot of really good information if you don’t know where to start and you’re looking to look things up.

That’s just a good tip overall for travel.

If you’re ever needing support with planning a trip to a destination, that is what the tourism board is for.

7:44

So you can always reach out to the tourism board.

Ask for tips, recommendations, or question that you might not be able to to find an answer for.

We actually did that and we found just like everyone else in Louisville them to be extremely nice, helpful and hospitable squatty’s.

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So we went for two days to Louisville, Kim and I.

It was a girls trip, if you didn’t gather that already.

Jamal stayed behind.

8:38

We flew in on a Wednesday, October 15th and I flew out on the 17th.

So I had two overnights there.

Kim actually had one overnight there.

She ditched me part way through this trip.

Sorry, just like Jamal work calls.

In fairness Kim, you committed to the whole trip, then booked the trip, then ditched her on the one day so.

8:58

I had an opportunity to work F1, so that’s just something you can’t turn down.

No, no, this I understand I’m giving you a hard time as you are giving me a hard time, but I just want to say again in defense to myself was busy.

However, I really do sometimes like to give you ladies the opportunity to have a girls trip.

9:15

You know, we really enjoyed it.

Thank you, Jamal.

We really did.

You’re very welcome, So said, criticizing.

Maybe a little thinking, you know, but it’s all right.

So Kim and I both flew into the airport.

We landed at similar times.

Kim landed around 3:00, I landed at around 3:45 and we hit the ground running.

9:34

So first thing we did was we went to go check into our stay at Super Stays.

We stayed in the Swepsen loft.

So this was actually the reason we went to Louisville in the 1st place.

Andrew who is the owner of Super Stays had reached out to us and we took a look at it and we were like this place is absolutely amazing.

9:55

Should we go to Louisville?

And so we built a whole trip around it and I am so glad that we did.

This place is amazing.

So essentially it’s this big, huge historic building that has been modernized and renovated with gorgeous interior design touches.

10:11

It’s a three story building and so it’s really, really good for groups because you can rent out the entire place or if you’re a smaller group like we were, you can rent out just portions of it.

Every portion of it is absolutely gorgeous.

10:26

We got a tour of the whole place.

I really want to go back just to pretend like I live here.

It was beautiful.

Yes, it was a very beautiful building and I’m really glad we got to see all of it.

So each unit is 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and there’s 5 units total.

10:41

So there’s two on the bottom, two in the middle, and then one on top.

So like Kim said, you can use this for a group gathering.

It can fit 42 people across 15 bedrooms and 10 bathrooms.

And so you can rent a floor, you can rent 2 floors, you can do the whole thing, you can rent just the loft.

11:00

Really just depends on what you’re looking for.

So Kim and I were on the 3rd floor which was 3 beds, 2 baths, had a huge living space, a beautiful dining room, and a fully functional kitchen.

The couches, there were two parts of the living room, and between the two couches and the chairs, you could have probably fit 42 people just there.

11:20

Yeah.

And the couch was one of the couches was super deep.

I know, Kim, after you left, after I had gone out to dinner that night, I just went and chilled in the middle of the couch and I just sprawled out for a little bit.

And it was so comfortable.

But you may be wondering, like, why would I need to rent out an entire building?

11:37

But think about milestone birthdays or even a work retreat, family reunions.

And this is also a big city for bachelor parties because of the Bourbon Trail.

And they’ve even had people stay there for weddings and things like that.

But think what about the Kentucky Derby?

11:53

Like if you’re going with a big group of people, this is the perfect place to stay.

And you can all have a private area but still be in the same property.

And if you are doing something fun like a milestone birthday or a big event, they do offer curated concierge services for local experiences.

12:12

So they do like private chef dinners, bourbon tastings, and bottle your own bourbon.

They can do catered breakfast, horse farm visits, so you really don’t have to think about anything if you want to go that route.

Like they can personalize the experience to you, your group, your budget, and the event that you’re doing there.

12:31

You know, obviously I wasn’t there as we’ve hit upon a couple times so far, right?

But when you guys posted the stories of the video showing the loft where you were staying, how nice, how huge it was, plus photos that you guys sent me like privately to go ahead and look at.

12:48

And when you’re talking about it, I just thought to myself, man, this looks like an amazing place and all the things that you’re talking about that you can do there, whether it be again, birthdays, Kentucky Derby, a bachelor parties, etcetera.

I mean, this place is really conducive for it.

But what I really like of course is what you said.

13:04

I know you ladies didn’t get to experience it because it was just you 2.

But if you do go as the group, I, I love that you’re staying at a place that’s like a hotel, but it’s also private in a way too.

That’s your own rooms that you can have and bathrooms and kitchen and all that stuff.

13:20

But they will do those curated things that you talked about.

So like you said, Brittany, you don’t really have to think about it.

You can go and just enjoy yourselves, not really have to worry about anything and just hit the town doing whatever it is that you want to do or let them plan it for you because they know best when you’re going as a big group.

13:36

What there is to do in Louisville?

I really appreciated the interior decor too.

They kept a lot of the historic touches from the building, but it had really great modern fixtures and the way things were painted or the decor on the walls was just a pleasant space to be in.

13:53

And none of the units were exact replicas of each other.

You could tell that they had the same vibes and feels but different decors.

And so they described it as the units are sisters, they’re not twins.

And I thought that was a key way to describe it.

And it’s not like a hotel where it’s very structured.

14:11

It was almost like a maze weaving through the different rooms and some of them interconnect if you were to book more than one.

Yeah, so I had asked him.

We knew that we were getting 3 bedrooms and there was only two of us.

So I said hey Kim, there’s three bedrooms, but hey, do you want to share 1 bed?

And so her response was yes, but we should do a different bed each night.

14:30

But we weren’t there enough nights to do all the beds and we didn’t share a bedroom unfortunately.

I was getting ghost vibes in the middle of the night so I kind of wish we did share a bed.

Next time, Kim, next time.

And ghost vibes there could be unconfirmed it is a historic building, but we did see ghosts later on tonight.

14:48

Let’s get into what we did after we got settled into super stays.

Yeah, so we got settled in and we were knew we were going to do a ghost tour that night, but we wanted to grab a bite to eat because all we had done that day was our flights and then checked in.

So I really wanted to try a hot, hot brown from the Brown Hotel.

15:08

The Brown Hotel is a historic hotel downtown and they have the sandwich called the Hot Brown that was created in 1926.

It’s a roast Turkey sandwich with crispy bacon piled on toasted bread, smothered in like a gravy cheese sauce and then baked.

15:25

And then it’s topped with like tomatoes and paprika and things like that.

So Kim and I decided to split that and get a glass of wine.

What’d you think, Kim?

I am glad that we tried it, but it wouldn’t be something I am dying to eat again.

You know, it’s not something I’m dying to eat again, but I could eat it again for sure.

15:44

Like if we went back, I’d be like, yeah, let’s go get a hot brown it.

Gave me a little bit of biscuit and gravy vibes.

Yes, and it’s supposed to be really good for hangovers.

And so our thought was we were going to the Ghost Walk and a brewery later.

So let’s get something good in our stomach and have something filling so that we won’t get hungover later.

16:04

You know The funny thing about Kim, I’m saying she liked it, glad she tried it wasn’t necessarily dying to have it again is before you said what you said, Brittany, my immediate thought was both.

This is in Louisville.

People are drinking bourbon.

They could be really hungover or drunk and stumbling in.

And I bet you this was made as a cure of something that you eat when you have the drunk munchies.

16:25

And sure enough, Brittany said, oh, it’s good for like a hangover.

So if you guys had this a little bit more intoxicated, I bet you your thought process on it might be a little bit.

Different.

I can see that, yes.

After we ate that and had our glass of wine, we ran over to attend David Domini’s Victorian Ghost Walk.

16:45

This was actually a cool experience because it was a media preview night.

They were kind of doing test runs with it and previewing it for the media and local influencers before it opened to the public that weekend.

And so we’ve been on ghost tours before, and I kind of thought going into this, it’s going to be a ghost tour.

17:02

We’re going to go around on a walking tour.

We’re going to learn about why this building is haunted and that, but that’s not actually what this was.

This was a very unique type of ghost tour.

Yeah, it really was because you learned about the ghosts in these places, but it was more also a theater experience where they had the people, the ghosts, I guess re enact the reasons why they’re they’re haunting these areas.

17:27

And so you have this theater component along with the historical component in this beautiful historic neighborhood.

And it is a very historic neighborhoods.

The houses here are historic mansions, just absolutely gorgeous homes.

17:43

A lot of them have been restored.

Our tour guide had told us.

What year was it?

Was it in the 60s or 50s?

One of these decades, not that long ago, they were selling these houses for only a couple of dollars because they were so rundown, they really needed people to pay to restore them.

18:00

So they were literally basically giving them away to anyone that had the money to restore them.

And now these things are worth well over $2.00, I’ll tell you that.

Why weren’t we alive in the 50s and 60s to spend $2.00 to get this?

I mean, would I would have wanted to live in Louisville at the time?

18:16

I mean, I don’t really know.

But at the same time, like my goodness how easy the older generation had it if they had a few bucks in their pocket.

Bought a home for $2.00.

Someone said a joke like boomers got $2.00 houses and we have.

I don’t know what they said but.

18:33

Ridiculous.

Something ridiculous for us millennials over here, you know.

So the ghost tour is about two hours long and the neighborhood is Saint James Court and it’s known as America’s most haunted neighborhood.

And when they do have this ghost walk, they do it every single year.

18:51

They have an annual ghost walk.

They do tours like every 15 minutes.

That’s how popular it is from like 6:00 to 9:00 PM.

And so you get to walk through the neighborhoods, you get to hear the history, the storytelling, the live performances, and it’s just really entertaining.

19:07

I really enjoyed this tour.

And the actors that are acting out these ghost stories are people that live in the Saint James Court neighborhood.

So you really got that local experience.

We always say the best way to travel is with a local.

Actually felt like we were local to Louisville being a part of this experience.

19:27

Kim, what was your favorite act that you saw while we were here or your favorite?

Bill, I can’t, I can’t remember exactly what his name was, but he almost looked like a schizophrenic.

He was just standing on the sidewalk when the group of us walked up.

And then he kind of was just making weird movements and saying weird things and he was very entertaining.

19:48

He was just crazy.

And then he was like talking in peoples faces and he was selling it very well.

I would be freaked out if I saw that goes for real.

And some of the performances are done in the grass or on the sidewalk.

Some of them you do enter the house and see them come down the stairs.

20:04

So there’s a variety of mix of things that you’re going to see.

One of my favorite ones that I saw was the Queen of America.

She came down the stairs and she’s talking about how she was the queen of America and how they were going to put her away.

And why would they do that?

Cuz she’s the queen.

And obviously she had some mental health issues, but she.

20:21

She was really acting out her role really well so really enjoyed it.

You get to step inside some of these historic places too and this to take place in the dark, but I would recommend walking this neighborhood in the daylight if you have a chance because the buildings are just so gorgeous.

20:38

If you aren’t staying at super stays when you go to Louisville, you should stay in the Saint James Court area.

Many of these historic mansions are now B and BS and you can stay there and they’re really historic.

Pretty unique places to stay.

And maybe even a little haunted.

Definitely haunted.

20:54

And that is why I was getting ghost vibes at super stays because these ghosts got in my head I.

Don’t know if you were paying attention as we’re walking down the street, Kim, because we did go in the dark.

But when I went back in the daylight, I was looking at how many for rent signs were up in that neighborhood, like units for rent.

21:12

And I was like, that is why they are haunted for sure.

Really.

Yeah, there was a ton of them.

Oh.

Maybe that’s why they were really selling the homes for $2.00 back.

But interesting I’m sure nevertheless it would be an awesome place to stay.

21:28

Maybe not permanently to live because maybe the ghost will get to you after a while.

A lot of people specifically go to places because they’re haunted, they’re into that kind of thing.

So definitely stay in one of these B and BS.

So after the tour, we were so scared.

So we’re like, all right, we’re going to go home and go out for a drink before we hop into bed.

21:49

We actually just parked at our super stay spot and we walked, I don’t know, maybe less than 5 minutes to Atrium Brewing.

And we were very pleasantly surprised with this craft brewery and tap room.

So we went to the one on Logan Street.

22:05

They do have another location, Norton Commons, but it’s also in a historical building.

They launched in 2020 and they restored part of the building, exposing some of the brick walls.

And we had a really good time in this brewery.

The reason we wanted to go here was because they have sour beers on the menu.

22:22

I did not realize they are a specialty sour beer brewery.

Now.

They have other types of beers on the menus too, but I think this brewery had more sour beers than any brewery I’ve seen before and extremely unique flavours.

Yeah, there’s only one other brewery that I’ve been to that had more, but it was a sour brewery and that’s all they sold.

22:44

But this one had such a good selection and that’s why we were really attracted to it.

Kim and I both got a flight, so we got to try about 10 beers total.

And I know that sounds excessive, but we split a lot.

Of and they were little tasters.

We weren’t drinking full beers, although I could have because these were good.

23:02

You know, I’m really jealous I missed this portion of it here at Atrium Brewing simply because, one, I do love beer.

Brittany likes beer, but she’s not in love with it, right?

And.

She was this night.

No, no, I know exactly.

And I was going to say she’s very picky with her beer.

23:18

When she likes beer, she likes it, but she doesn’t like a lot of it, right?

Some of it’s just like, it just doesn’t, you know, hit her palate, right?

Like tequila or something like that.

But she was telling me how literally every beer that you guys tasted was so good.

23:34

And she was literally raving about how this is probably my favorite brewery that I’ve ever been to because I didn’t put one thing in my mouth that it was like, this is just OK.

She really liked every.

I have to agree.

I’m going to double down.

This is my favorite brewery in the world.

23:50

Yeah.

In the world.

In the world.

Are hyping this up and now I need to go to Louisville so.

Our server, her name was Josh, she was behind the bar.

She was really cool.

She would told us about all of the beers and like I said, Kim and I both got flights.

My favorite one was the 5th Birthday Cheesecake Boy.

24:08

It was a pastry sour with strawberry Key Lime cheesecake, vanilla pie crust, and lactose.

That was hands down my favorite sour of the night.

I mean, that sounds like an interesting concoction and of course if you think of those flavors in a beer, But even though they have those flavors, I’m sure they melded very well to just make like a really good sour.

24:28

Yeah, Stosh was telling us a lot about the Brewers approaches.

Spencer’s one of the Brewers and he, I don’t know what his this method is, but she’s saying the flavors are stacked and you’ll taste one and then one will come through.

And I’ve never tasted beer like this where that was actually true.

24:45

But you really can.

You taste one flavor and then another one comes through and and it’s like the perfect balance in every single beer that we had.

Yeah, a lot of the times when I go to breweries, it’ll say, you know, we’ll have hints of this or that, and then I taste it and I’m like, do I taste that?

25:00

Like I’m kind of struggling to find that taste, but here every time I looked at the description of what it said that the beer was and then I tasted it, I was like, Oh yeah, I can taste like all of that.

They had a strawberry fluffer, Nutter, PB and J Boy which had strawberry, marshmallow, peanut butter, banana and lactose.

25:19

And I’m not really like for peanut butter in my beer, but I feel like the peanut butter was very subtle and it was it was light enough where you could actually enjoy this.

My favorite one and probably one of the most unique ones was the Batch 500.

It was a tiki style smoothie sour.

25:35

I’ve never even heard of a smoothie sour.

It had all the tiki flavors.

Mango, pineapple, Key Lime, guava, passion fruit, cream of coconut, tiki spices.

This one actually tasted like a smoothie.

It was thick like that, It kind of bubbled up.

It started coming over the top of it and I drank it with a straw and it tasted like a smoothie.

25:56

You know what it was missing?

A pink umbrella.

That was the only it was missing the sun and a beach chair and the all inclusive, although it was very inclusive when we were here because they just kept letting us try things.

We were like, well, what about this, what about that, and what was?

26:12

Well, I think I remember Brittany telling me too.

Like, you saw something that was intriguing to you, but it’s a special that was coming out like in a couple weeks or later in the month and they brought it out and like, oh, you want to try it?

So you got to try it before it’s like available for everybody else to order also, right?

26:28

Yes, because we looked at the menu online, didn’t realize that they launched different beers on different dates.

I just thought it was the month it was coming out.

Do you remember which one it was?

Brit what it was called.

Apple cider doughnut.

Yes, it’s fall, right?

So apple cider doughnut sounded so good.

26:44

We asked Sasha about it and she was like, I got she girls.

She pulled out a can.

We got to try it.

Yeah, and they just had so many unique flavors, like one that I’m still thinking about that wasn’t my favorite one because I already listed my favorite one, but is a close second was the Grape Martyr George, which was a hard grape cream soda and it tasted like grape Kool-aid.

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My second favorite 1 was also another unique one, the Pineapple Express Heady.

I knew you were going to say that.

It literally when you crack the can it smells like a joint.

It does, but there’s no THC or anything in it.

It just has that smell and I just don’t know how they.

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It’s made from hops, but it literally smells like a lit joint.

And it was just a great time there.

They know what they’re doing here.

Spencer knows what he’s doing when he is brewing these beers.

They have a great aesthetic.

I would love to go back here.

I I would go back to Louisville just for this brewery.

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We’ve got to figure out a way to get the canned beer.

We’ll find out where they sell it.

I actually, I think I wrote it on like my Google review that I wish that they had like a mail subscription service where you could sign up and get it the mail to you because I would do it.

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There you have it, Squatty’s.

If you go to Louisville for nothing else, let it be Atrium Brewing the next morning.

We had a hacked day Thursday October 16th so we started super early.

Brittany came into her room at like 5-6 in the morning waking me up.

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Thought she was a ghost and we wanted to stop quickly by full stop station and pick up coffee and breakfast.

Yeah, this actually used to be an auto Body Shop, and now it’s a little cafe and coffee place.

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And so I don’t drink coffee typically, but I did get a Chai, and the Chai was probably one of the best Chai’s I’ve had.

And then Kim and I decided to split a sausage breakfast burrito, which was pretty good.

It was very good.

So we took that in the car and we whizzed off because we had a first thing in the morning appointment at the Kentucky Derby Museum with a track visit and Squatty’s.

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If you’re going to visit the Kentucky Derby Museum, do not miss the track visit.

That was the best part of the whole thing in my opinion.

Yeah, so you’re going to park, you’re going to walk in.

Before we walked in, though, we saw a gate and there was a security guard there.

And he was like, Nope, he already shaking his head.

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And then we’re like, what do you mean?

He’s like, this isn’t the entrance to museums down here.

But then he was like, But if you want to sneak a peak, I’ll give you 2 to 4 minutes.

Right here it was also where it said Churchill down.

So it was like a beautiful spot to see and it just attracted us in and he he was not very strict on his.

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Duties.

So we actually got to see some of the horses with their riders right there or just yeah, in the paddock.

It was really cool to see.

So I’m glad we got our two minutes in there before we headed off to the museum.

So what do you ladies see in the museum?

Because I know you said you were going and obviously you did, but what is the Kentucky Derby Museum?

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I mean, is it just the history of the Derby?

Like winners?

Like what?

What are you seeing in here?

There’s a film, so we started with the film and it kind of gives some background on the Kentucky Derby and how the horses are bred, the training, the trainers that work with them every single day.

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And then it’s showing different scenes of the Derby day and the excitement and the outfits and kind of just, I don’t know, 10 minutes or so, 15 minutes, 1818 minutes.

And you get a whole synopsis of the Derby.

And then in the museum they have all the exhibits you would expect, right?

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Some jockey outfit, some patrons hats and some trophies.

There different exhibits about exceptional horses.

They have interactive exhibits they have on display last winter, so you have a whole bunch of things that you can see there, and it’s a two-story museum.

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Do you remember that horse that had the heart that was like 10 times as big as a normal horse heart?

Yeah, so normal horse hearts weigh 7 to 8 lbs.

But there was one horse who won not only the Kentucky Derby, but two other derbies that also occur in the same year, making him like a Triple Crown champion.

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And when they did an autopsy of him after he passed away, they found that his heart was about 22 lbs, so 3 times larger than the average horse heart.

And so it’s like putting a really large engine in a small body.

So he just had the genetics to just power through and win these races.

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And so after he retired from his Kentucky Derby days, he ended up being a breeding horse to contribute to the Kentucky Derby horses.

They had a whole exhibit on him.

It was a secretariat.

Very interesting actually.

Yeah, there was a lot of really interesting things and other things that we learned too are they do the mint Juleps here and so they actually have a new cup that they put the juleps in every single year.

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So they become a souvenir and people want to buy them every year and collect them.

So a lot of history happens here.

We got to learn about that.

I actually didn’t know that horses can only race when they’re three years old, and now I know.

Lots of interesting stuff that it does sound like very interesting because if you’re not in a horse racing, I mean, obviously the Kentucky Derby is one thing and the experience of being there just because it is a world event And of course the showiness that goes with it, with the hats, the outfits, etcetera.

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But you know, that’s why I was curious like what are you going to see in the museum?

But you described a lot of interesting stuff that everything somebody who’s is not interested in horse racing would still find interesting to go when you’re there.

And then when you go out to the track visit, we got lucky and we could see horses that were doing their morning exercise, so we actually saw them racing on that track.

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And then she’s giving history too, and kind of describing how the races came to be what they are today and how the traditions from all those years ago are still in practice today.

And that’s when I started to realize Louisville is so embedded in its history and its history, they keep it alive so well today.

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Like the way the Kentucky Derby is now is exactly almost how it was all those years through history.

Now that’s pretty cool.

Not much has changed and I would love to go to the Kentucky Derby.

Like that really inspired me.

Like we should go.

It got even.

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More crazy expensive.

Fuck it, we’re on vacation.

Yeah, they do have a spot that’s $150.00, but it’s like there’s no seating, there’s no shade, and it’s just a free for all out there.

So could be wild, but I highly recommend going to the Kentucky Derby Museum, spending a few hours there.

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The track is it is so worth it.

And then as you’re heading back to the museum, because that’s where they take you back to, you can see all of the winners that have won and where they started.

So when they line up the horses to do the race, they are like in a lottery for spots.

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And so they are, there are some spots that have been very successful for horses and there’s been like one spot, I think it was spot 17, no horse has won by being slotted in slot 17.

Well, bad luck if you get 17 draw.

Or or a.

Jockey and a horse.

Good luck if you’re the first one to do it.

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Yes, well break that curse.

So whoever the jockey and horses, I hope so #17 May be lucky.

But you said a certain area was your favorite part of the visit.

What was that?

Because I don’t think you ladies talked about that quite yet.

You said you did it after the museum.

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Or was it what that guy let you do beforehand?

When he shouldn’t have, No, the track visit was my favorite because we got to see the horses actually running on the track.

And that’s what you’re talking about beforehand before you went in or did you guys do a track visit afterwards?

Our process was walk in, film track, visit museum.

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OK, so the track visit already occurred.

My mistake.

I I thought you were saying you had done it afterwards.

So OK, got it.

But that’s cool that you got to go on the the track and see the practice and the racing.

That’s really cool.

So from the Kentucky Derby Museum, we went to Crestwood, which is just outside of Louisville, and we went to Salt Wellness, which is a Wellness spa and it’s only about 30 minutes away from Louisville.

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We were initially attracted to it because of its Himalayan salt room.

It’s got a huge Himalayan salt wall, Himalayan salt on the background, these amazing comfy chairs where you can lounge in there for 45 minutes and let that salt air come into your respiratory system.

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Relax.

You have all the health benefits and skin benefits of being around that salt, but there’s more than that there.

So don’t let salt in the title of the business name fool you into thinking that’s all there is because there is so much more.

We spent three hours here.

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I think yes, we spent about three, 3 1/2 hours here, had a great time.

So I’m going to watch through my portion.

I started with a 60 minute massage with Danielle.

It was fantastic.

It was a whole body massage.

By the end I was lightly snoring.

35:42

Won’t lie, I’m so relaxed.

And kid, what did you start with?

I started with Brain Tap, which is a new device that they had where they put these electrodes on your wrist to start measuring your brain activity.

And you sit there for a couple of minutes and it runs and then a report is generated that measures your brain waves like alpha, gamma, beta, your stress levels, your parasympathetic type levels.

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Very technical, very high tech.

And I got the worst news.

It tells you also your brain age.

So we all have an age of how long we’ve been on this earth.

This scan based on stress levels and harmony and gamma and all those waves.

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My brain was reading nine years older than I actually AM.

You know what was funny was I had had my birthday.

I’m a month older than Kim so I turned 25. 25 huh?

40. 5 now I turned 36 and Kim was making fun of me like oh you’re 36 now you’re four years away from 40 and she’s like I’m still 35 blah blah blah blah and then she does this brain tap and it comes out saying she’s 44.

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So I had to just jab and be like oh look who’s older now girl, because when I did my brain scan the the best reading I had said I was 30 and I’ll take.

That so after the scan, you sit in the zero gravity chair and they put headphones on you and eyeglasses on you and also a nice heated neck pillow and a blanket and then the eye mask and the ears.

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It funnels in meditative sound, a guided meditation and blue and red light into your ears and your eyes.

So it’s essentially an exercise for your brain.

It’s helping your brain de stress restore more balance levels.

It’s not a miracle thing.

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It doesn’t happen with just one treatment.

It’s kind of something that’s meant to be used more and more.

So after my scan, it did lower my age of two years to 42, but it was very eye opening that I really need to focus on Destress and Brittany.

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We’re not getting up at 5:00 in the morning anymore because sleep is one of the biggest contributing factors.

You know, I get up at 5:00 every day.

My brain sleep health was great.

I’m with you, Kim.

We need to sleep in a little bit, but not too excessively.

But you know the 5:00 AM wake up calls not needed. 5:00 AM is fine if we’re asleep by 8:00 PM, yes.

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I can do that I love in 8:00 PM bedtime.

But were you in bed by 8:00 PM at Atrium?

I don’t think so.

I know you.

I know you weren’t.

But that was amazing.

And then me and Brittany did the same things, just at different times.

We also did 20 minutes in a near red light room.

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So that’s extremely good for reducing inflammation in the body, healing at the cellular level.

It’s also great for wrinkles and different pain areas within the body.

You go in there as fully nude as you’re comfortable.

It’ll just be you in that one.

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Or you could do it as a couple as well.

There’s an option because there’s two chairs in there, but while Kim was doing those two, I did the massage and then we swapped places.

So then Kim did the massage and I did the brain tap and then the red light therapy room, which does have some Halo therapy in there as well.

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And then Kim and I ended with a 45 minute Halo therapy session together.

So this room as you walk in the ground is made out of salt.

So you do wear socks in there and you sit in these really comfortable chairs.

I still had my heated neck pillow and a blanket and we just sat there and relaxed and breathed in the salt air.

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It’s really good for respiratory issues and allergies and can help clear your sinuses, and it’s just really comfortable.

I had the best time there.

They do offer other services depending on what you book ahead of time.

They have Reiki, sound baths, different types of massages.

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So if you are in the Louisville area, I highly recommend coming here.

Reserve some time in your schedule for when you visit to pop on in and just enjoy it.

I had the best time and don’t be too stressed out if your brain says that you are 9 years older.

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They also do have a salt cave in Louisville so if you’re planning on sticking to just the city then you could do that instead, but I really enjoyed the Crestwood Spa location.

After our experience there, we went back into town to the Louisville Slugger Museum.

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I like baseball.

Not the biggest baseball fan in the entire world, but I’ve always liked baseball.

And being that we were going to be in Louisville, where the Louisville Sluggers are made, I wanted to pop in here and I’m glad that we did.

We didn’t take too much time either, but we got the full gamut of knowledge about the Louisville Slugger bats.

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Yeah, we did a factory tour at around 2:30 and first you go into a museum.

The museum showcases the history of the bat.

It has also interactive exhibits and memorabilia.

And then you go into the tour and you get to watch how the bat is made and you get to actually handle some of the bats that were made there as well.

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This is the actual factory where they make the bats.

They are making the bats while you are there so you’re seeing them carve wood pillars into the bat shape, sand them, dip them into the paint like you would think.

I think it would be in some massive commercial facility but it it still feels like small and historic even though they produce thousands of bats every single year.

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And a day, I think they were saying they produce like 4000 bats a day.

Crazy.

They talk about the different woods that they use.

There was one machine that past players or current players have actually autographed and you can see their signature and then what player signed.

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And so we actually got to see someone that was from our hometown sign that who’s the baseball player?

Was that Dustin Pedroia?

Yes, very nice.

Well, you know, I love baseball and so as you’re talking about it too, I mean, yeah, it’s cool and it’s just a bat, but it’s one of the most famous bats.

Yes people and Little League and college baseball use it but I mean most pros use these type.

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Bats.

They had a.

Whole are truly the best.

They had a whole wall of pros and the bats that they have because each pro player will specify exactly the weight, the style of the bat.

Even though the bat looks like a bat, once you really look at them, they all are a little bit different.

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So in this wall you could pick the different bats and hold so and so’s bat and they had representation from every team in the MLB.

Very nice.

Well, I’d be interested to check that out.

And it sounds like fun.

And you guys came back with a souvenir too from here that they include for free when you do the tour.

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Yes, everyone gets to take home their own personal mini bat.

Fun fact, I actually used mine last night.

I woke up at 3:00 in the morning and I thought I heard a noise.

My bedroom door was open and I woke up and I just, I just grabbed my bat and I locked my door.

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Well, if anything, now you’ve learned you can use it as a protection weapon for yourself because you do, if you receive it, have to check it if you are flying, because TSA will say, say that you can use this as a weapon.

So you can’t take it on a plane.

So it’s not a full size bat.

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Of course, it’s a mini.

But even when Brittany came home and I was holding it, I was like, dude, you could do some real damage with this.

Like I was even just like hitting my hand with it and just like lightly tapping the back of my skull.

And I was like, man, if somebody took a real swing at me with this, this would really hurt.

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And it’s it’s a tiny little bat, but still enough to where when you go, if you get it, you’re going to have to check your luggage.

You can’t fly it on a plane.

So just keep that in mind.

But a cool souvenir nevertheless.

Squatty’s I know we are selling you on Louisville and we’re going to sell it to you even more because we have an itinerary for this trip to Louisville.

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If you want to replicate the things that we did, do them in the most optimized order and have it all in one place with where to go, how much time to spend there, the cost of things, links to easily book the stuff that we did.

You can download that itinerary at the link in our show notes or this itinerary and all of our itineraries live on Shop Travel Squad com.

43:54

So from the Louisville Slugger Museum, we went to a winery like Kim and I mentioned at the start of the episode, we are not bourbon drinker.

So we said, you know what, let’s still enjoy some wine.

And Kentucky, it has a Kentucky Wine Trail.

So we went to a winery that’s on the Kentucky Wine Trail.

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We went to Forest Edge Winery.

Immediately when you walk in, you get that hospitable vibe.

The family that owns this place is there and they just welcome you with open arms.

And so when we walked in, we got a little tour of some of the spaces where they make the wine, where they store the wine in their giant barrels.

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A lot of history about the years that forced edge has been in business and kind of some of the evolutions of it.

I always like getting that behind the scenes look at the wine making process and the operations behind the bottle.

I agree with you.

And so we had just gotten back, as you know, Kim from Portugal and we did a wine tour out there where you get that behind the scenes.

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So I really like that when you get the behind the scenes and then the tasting afterwards, ’cause you could really see it.

But it’s just so interesting because you know, regardless of if somebody’s a big drinker or not or even like a connoisseur, wine making truly is an art, right?

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I mean, there has to be certain temperatures, certain lengths that you’re storing it at, what you’re storing it in, how you harvest the grape in terms of like what the season look like, the soil, etcetera.

So it truly is an art form.

And so you’re learning when you’re doing the tastings at a place like this.

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So I think that’s really cool that you guys got the behind the scenes at Forest Edge.

And what I really loved about this was we got to meet their first winemaker.

His name is Raymond.

He was behind the bar when we got there.

They call him Butch, and he actually started making wine because his wife got tired of making jam from the grapes that were on their property.

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So that’s how he got into winemaking.

His wife was like, you know what, I’m not going to make jam anymore.

So what?

What are we doing with these grapes?

And he started making wine.

A lot of the wines are on the sweeter side that is the more popular style in this area, but they had some really, really good Reds and the reserve red that I took home is Raymond’s reserve.

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Yeah, it was actually a really good one.

So Kim and I did a six wine tasting and they have white wines, they have red wines, they have fruit blended wines, they have barrel aged wines and we got to try a lot of different wines.

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They even have dessert wines.

And I got a bourbon port, so that was my bourbon tasting for the Louisville trip.

There you go, a little bit of bourbon with your why.

They were all pretty good though.

We sat out on their beautiful little patio was really great weather when we were there and just, you know, slowly enjoyed our wines.

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Oh, and then the board.

It also comes with cheese and chocolate, cheese and crackers and chocolate.

But the cheese and crackers was cheddar goldfish and the chocolate was a a little Hershey kiss.

It was really nice.

I think Forest Edge Winery is a great little spot to stop into.

It’s very affordable, the people are super friendly there, and they did have a good variety of different types of wines that could satisfy anyone’s palate.

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And it’s very close to Burnham Forest and Arboretum.

Yes, it’s really close because it’s right on the forest edge so it was really only like a 3 minute drive away to get to the forest and Arboretum.

It is free, but they do have a $15 per car suggested admission price.

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And it’s kind of strongly suggested.

Yes, very strongly suggested.

There was someone in the booth asking you if you would like to contribute.

So of course we did.

But this area is a 16,000 acre nature preserve, has scenic trails, lakes, has good plants in there.

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But we were going there more particularly for their forest giants, which are these giant wooden sculptures created by this Danish artist.

And we’ve seen some of his work before.

So we wanted to go and see some of the trolls that he had here or the giants he had here.

And I wish I would have known that it was a sprawling of a nature preserve as it is guess didn’t have much time, but I would have loved to do some hiking and maybe picnicking around this area too.

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You know, I saw you guys post the photos of the trolls and say you went there, but I didn’t realize it was in a specific force and Arboretum.

I thought it was one of those things too, because, you know, I don’t know which artist it is, and maybe multiple artists are doing it now, but where they have, like, the hidden wooden trolls and cities, I thought that’s really what it was.

48:19

But it’s out here in this specific Pacific Arboretum to go to the Yeah.

There’s a lot of different art in this space, actually.

Yeah, we unfortunately didn’t have a lot of time because Kim had a flight back.

But we in this area is like a one way drive through.

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So if you miss your spot, it is easy to like go back on the trail and then find parking closer to the giants.

So Kim and I were able to see two out of the three here.

We saw Mama Lumari, which is the mother of the giants, and she’s just chilling back in the woods, kind of on her back, back resting peacefully during her pregnancy.

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And then she actually has some like art supplies and other objects around her, which is pretty cool to see.

And then littleness.

He’s the playful son of Mama Lumery, and he’s on the Olmsted pond.

He’s kind of hunched over, like almost looks like he’s drinking out of the pond.

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But according to the artist, he’s curiously studying his reflection in the water definitely gives off that childlike appearance, that wonder and joy.

And we actually were a little childlike with him, too.

We were like weaving in and out of his arms, taking pictures.

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Like, he kind of brought out the child like play in us too, Brittany.

Yeah, really cool to see.

We didn’t get to see the third one because it was more of a height away and we just didn’t have the time for it.

But if you have the time, go see all three, spend some time in the park, maybe picnic here.

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It’s definitely worth going to.

At that point I had to rush off to the airport and hop on the last flight out of Louisville back to Austin.

But Brittany, you went out to dinner and I’m so jealous because we kept talking about Bar Vetti and I really wanted to go, particularly because you kept talking about the catch up Pepe pasta.

50:01

But I come to find out you didn’t get it.

Actually, I don’t know if I told you this, but I went to Bar Vetti twice.

Wow, it was that good.

So the first night I went, I went for dinner and I sat at the bar.

And you know, this is very interesting because Jamal and I have been together for 18 years now and I have not done much solo travel.

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Usually if I go on a trip without Jamal, I go meet up with other people.

So it’s very rare that I’m on a trip portion by myself.

So this is the first time I’ve like gone to a restaurant eating at the bar by myself probably in a really long time.

How?

Exciting for you?

And Bar Vetti is like a modern Italian and restaurant.

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It’s known for its handmade pastas and it’s pizzas.

But I actually know a Kentucky native who went to Med school in Louisville, Doctor April Butler.

And she was one of the fellows that I worked with this year.

And she kept talking about Bar Vetti and it’s cheesy potatoes.

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And she was just hyping them up.

So I’ve had a girl dinner.

I got cheesy potatoes and roasted carrots for dinner.

And it’s just.

And so I was like, I’m not that hungry.

Kim and I had snuck in Taco Bell earlier in the day just because we we needed to eat something before we’ve.

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Learned our lesson from Napa and we knew we needed to eat before we had wine.

But I was highly contemplating getting the pasta but I just wasn’t really that hungry.

But I saw that they have a lunch special some days a week where it’s a three course meal for $25.00.

51:30

It starts with a Caesar salad, the cachet Pepe or a different pasta or a flatbread and then a dessert.

So I went back the next day for lunch before I flew out and I did the three course lunch menu.

And that’s another thing Squatty’s to know.

51:46

The prices in Louisville are very affordable.

We talked about $5 tastings at Forest Edge Winery.

I was pleasantly surprised with pricings across the board.

Yeah, it was really good.

And my dessert was a tiramisu Gelato.

And it was it was 10 out of 10.

52:03

And I’m so sad I missed that.

Well, got to go back.

Yeah, we have a lot of different reasons to.

Go OK, So what did you do on Friday without me?

So Friday I was like, you know, Kim and I had been hitting the pavement hard, so I’m going to sleep in.

So I slept in, didn’t leave the Super stays until about 10:00 AM and then I headed out to Cave Hill Cemetery.

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This is a historic garden style cemetery.

It was founded in 1848.

It’s massive, has large rolling hills.

It has these beautiful monuments in mausoleums, beautiful, beautiful landscaping.

I was actually surprised at how quiet it was there and how it wasn’t really crowded at all.

52:44

So that was very pleasant.

But just driving through was fantastic.

I went there specifically to see Colonel Sanders grave and Headstone, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken.

But I also saw that Muhammad Ali was buried here, so I also went to his grave site.

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There was even like a pond here that had the bluest water.

So I went and took a stroll by that.

But just driving through the cemetery, I probably spent 1520 minutes just driving from the entrance to both of these spots.

So it’s a very, very large cemetery.

53:16

You can get lost here.

Sounds beautiful though.

It really was kind of creepy because I was there alone and there wasn’t a lot of people there.

So it’s definitely, I mean, it’s not open after dark, but I would not want to be in here after dark.

But it’s really on the edge and almost connected to Cherokee Park.

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And Cherokee Park, which is where I went next, is a 409 acre park and it was designed by one of the same gentleman who designed Central Park in New York.

So this ones really beautiful because it has a lot of rolling hills, winding trails, has overlooks.

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You can drive, you can park, you can walk trails in between.

They have some loops on all trails that you can follow.

So I did park and did walked around.

It was a beautiful fall day, weather was nice, leaves are starting to change, so it was really nice to just kind of stroll through here and you can go hiking, jogging, biking or picnicking in this park.

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Did you do any of that?

Did you do anything athletic?

I just, you know, went for a stroll and kind of like a little hike through an area, went over a bridge, went through the trees.

A lot of people are there with their dogs.

So it, it’s a really nice area.

Nice.

And then from there, I went to the Logan Street Market just to check it out.

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It’s a food hall, so it has a whole bunch of different local eateries and vendors and craft drinks.

I just went to check it out.

I was like, OK, I might get something here if something really piques my interest.

But it was kind of early in the day, so they weren’t like fully, fully open.

So I didn’t end up eating here.

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But I’m glad I went and just kind of walked through.

And then there are some murals that I went to in the area.

I went to the Welcome to Louisville mural and then I passed the mural.

We had seen Kim earlier in the German part of town, which was the Whiskey got me in Trouble mural.

So I walked by a few of those and there is another mural that I walked by that I took a picture of as well.

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So I just kind of explored that area a little bit more before I went back to Barvetti, got my 3 course lunch with a Cachet Pepe pasta and then flew home.

I know.

You also went back to Saint James Court and you looked at those those historic homes in the daylight.

But yeah, I forgot about that.

55:24

I went to Saint James Court, packed a lot in this day, but yeah, I went and went through and just kind of walk the street.

There’s like this big beautiful fountain in the middle of the street, too.

So I got to see that in daylight and just really see the houses.

One of the houses that we had passed was bright pink.

55:42

It was like this pink mansion.

So I wanted to see that in the daylight as well.

And that’s what I saw, all of the four rent signs.

And I was like, something is going on here.

Hey.

If you’re in the ghost, then you could get a good deal on rent in Louisville.

But if you don’t want to do a ghost tour, and ghosts aren’t your thing, they do have historical architectural tours and so they do kind of the same type of tour but in the daylight in this neighborhood.

56:06

So that’s an option for you as well.

Well, I had the best time in Louisville and this was such a short trip, but I do look forward to going back and also going to the Kentucky Derby and just getting to spend a little bit more time in one of the most underrated cities in America.

56:24

I’m sorry that I missed it despite you ladies giving me a hard time about it, but if you both loved it so much, you definitely have piqued my interest on it.

So I’m very interested to go and we definitely need to make a squad trip out there to Louisville.

And we have some things that we weren’t able to do that we want to do if we were to go back.

56:42

Like for you Jamal, everyone kept recommending the Old Forester Bourbon distillery, but they also have the Woodford Reserve.

Above me, some Woodford reserve.

They also have underground zip lining that you could do, and then they have the Bell of Louisville cruise, which I looked into, but it does close down for the winter season so it wasn’t actually running while we were there, so we’d have to go during a different time of year.

57:06

I would like to do more wineries on the Kentucky Wine Trail.

Wine tasting is always good, you can never go wrong with that.

That’s for.

Sure, I want to go back to Salt and Atrium brewing.

I need to go to salt so we can prove that my brain age is younger than both you ladies even though I am actually older than both of you physically.

57:25

Yeah, I’m like, is there a trip where I could stop in Louisville as my layover and go to atrium real quick?

Hey, if there’s a will, there’s a way.

Squaddies, I hope that we’ve inspired you to check out the amazing city of Louisville.