Louis, Louis, Louisville!

Over Martin Luther King Weekend, Roxie took her first major roadtrip!  (Roxie is my car for you new readers) After a detour to IKEA in Charlotte (more on that later), I went to Louisville, Kentucky for the weekend to visit my best friend! I had been to Louisville before to run a race, but had no time to visit!

This trip was all about discovering Louisville! The first great discovery - Roxie gets great gas mileage!  After leaving Greenville and going to Charlotte, I made it all the way to the Kentucky/Tennessee border before I had to get gas! Whoo! But, on to the real discoveries of the weekend!

After I got there, KQ and I went and had dinner and Tom + Chee! It is a cute little gourmet grilled cheese and tomato soup shop! It was absolutely delicious! I got just a regular grilled cheese sandwich - can't beat the classic!

(Side Note: To get this picture, because I forgot to take it when we went, I had to open up KQ's sunroof, stand through it at a red light and quickly take a picture. It was quite comical.)

After dinner, we stopped and got ice cream at Graeter's and then went back to KQ's place and relaxed by watching the Lego Movie because neither of us had seen it (EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!). After a long day of driving for me and work for her, we both needed a calm and relaxing evening!

On Saturday we woke up, went and got Chick-fil-a, because what else would we eat together on a Saturday morning!?! Then we made our way to downtown Louisville and went to the Louisville Slugger museum. It was so cool! I didn't realize the bats were still made there!

Some artsy guys outside took this cool picture.

Of course we had to take a picture with this bat!

We picked a perfect time to go as everyone was down the street at the Duke - Louisville basketball game (Duke won).

Next we headed over to Churchill Downs. We had a wonderful tour guide! He has lived 2 miles away from the track his entire life. He entertained us with many great stories from his years attending the Kentucky Derby! Also, walking through it was much more enjoyable than running through it!

Then we headed back to KQ's place to meet MR and head to church.  After church we went to a restaurant called Game. Oh.my.gosh. SOOOO good. I had been talking about wanting to eat at Game since last April and man was it worth the wait! Game is a restaurant with a variety of game, such as kangaroo, bison, and antelope. I got a kangaroo burger - soo good. Told my colleagues in Australia I was officially ready to go work there now!

The game at Game

Kangaroo Burger

After that, we somehow made room for more ice cream from Graeter's. Then KQ and I settled in and watched Frozen! On Sunday we slept in a little and then went and had brunch at Toast, one of the hottest brunch spots in Louisville as evidenced by its 45 minute wait! It was quite yummy!

Then we attempted to go tour a few of the Bourbon distilleries along the Bourbon trail. However, all the distilleries are closed in January.  Whoops. Luckily the Evan Williams Bourbon experience back in downtown Louisville on historic Whiskey Row was open! It was really neat. It had a great tour of their mini distillery onsite, while giving a fascinating account of the history of Evan Williams and Bourbon! The tour ended with a tasting and of course I liked the oldest, most expensive bourbon they gave us the best!

Then we walked all the way to Indiana! Just kidding, but seriously we did cross the Big Four Bridge over the Ohio River, which connects Louisville, Kentucky to Jeffersonville, Indiana. It was a gorgeous and windy afternoon for a nice walk!

To wrap up our day we ended up at a local pizza place, Wick's pizza! It was like everything else in Louisville - delicious! Had a fun vibe to it and was a great place to wrap up my weekend in Louisville! While we packed a whole lot of stuff into one weekend, I can't wait to go back - there is so much more to do and see there!