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By citytastetours on
10/24/2010 10:15 PM
Ahhh. Sunday. We run our Louisville city tour 6 days a week. Sunday is reserved for laundry, loving on my sweet pets… and sleeping in. The day of rest.
Yesterday was a wonderful, yet very long day. We started the city tours at 9am with a group of 12. A local couple had called us to arrange a city tour because they had family coming in to town. Although it was basically our regular city tour, they requested a little customizing that of course we were happy to do.
One of the special stops was to see The Home of the Innocents bronze monument in Cave Hill Cemetery. The story of Sister Emily Cooper and the 77 children buried in Cave Hill Cemetery is something definitely worth knowing. Here is a link to a newsletter from the Cave Hill Heritage Foundation. The article about Sister Emily Cooper is on page three… but make sure to read the one about Louisville giant Jim Porter, you’ll be interested in that one too.
http://www.cavehillcemetery.com/gallery/CAVE_HILL_HERITAGE_FOUNDATION_NEWSLETTER-_MAY_2009.pdf. ...
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By citytastetours on
10/8/2010 5:17 PM
We picked up our guests for our Louisville City Tour at 10am this morning. In addition to other wonderful states, we had guest from both coasts; Key West, Florida and somewhere beautiful I’m sure, California. There’s a little extra excitement in the air today due to the upcoming opening of the fabulous YUM! Center.
The guests are always so impressed with the massive size and all the glass. The fountains popped on for a brief moment today… there was a little cheer from the tourists on the bus. I cheered along with them. I’ve been watching the progress of this incredible building since it was only a big hole in the ground, and I’m surprised at how emotional I feel now that she’s almost finished. The official ribbon cutting ceremony is this Sunday, and although I really am not a ribbon cutting kind of person… I will be standing out there in the crowd, and waiting in line to take my tour of the interior.
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By citytastetours on
10/7/2010 10:48 PM
Oh what fun and interesting things happen along a Louisville City Tour! I am often amazed at just what I see through the windshield of our tour bus as I drive tourists and locals alike through this never boring, and surprising town.
Eli gives the official tour in the back with our guests… and I drive the bus. Though that’s not to say I don’t pipe up now and again. Just today as we were traveling through Old Louisville and Eli was telling our city tour about Louisville’s fascinating history, I was at the wheel smiling in amazement as I wait for four pugs, all dressed in pink, lace, and frills to carefully cross at the light. That was just Old Louisville. You can imagine what I saw in the Highlands.
As we drove down Bardstown Road, telling our guests all about the trolleys of the olden days and the wonderful restaurants of today, I watch a man dressed as a zombie, with one big monster claw on his left hand, casually cruise past Days Coffee whistling a tune. No, it wasn’t Zombie Night (and yes, Louisville...
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By citytastetours on
7/9/2010 9:22 AM
It isn't very often that we have a chance to sit back and see what comes up in the search results when you type in "City Taste Tours of Louisville" in a large search engine, but this morning we thought it might be fun. We had no idea that the amount of such wonderful and kind compliments existed out there....and on so many different websites!
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