Louisville Over Easter

Visited my home town of Louisville, Kentucky over the Easter holiday, photo at right is of Louisville, Kentucky taken from the Indiana side of the river. The two states of Indiana and Kentucky are divided by the Ohio River. I lived there for many years and still have family and friends there that I miss a great deal. Visits home are very special.
Louisville is a city much like Richmond in many ways. The Ohio River is one such thing in common; both being river cities. Louisville is a mix of older buildings and newer ones. I think that size wise they are close in area (though I have not checked to be exact) and also in population. Louisville is also a minor league sports town, though they have built the baseball stadium downtown that is being discussed in Shockoe Bottom (its a first rate ball park) and still have the AAA team "The Louisville Bats". Like with Richmond, they have had mixed success with hockey teams over the years. College sports (U of L) dominate the scene there.
Like Richmond (and unlike Charlotte) the city likes to re-use old buildings. For instance the old Reynolds Aluminum factory is now condos, and many old warehouses and stores are put to other uses. Many of the buildings in Louisville are very old but are still used today.
Louisville also shares a road....to get there from Richmond I got on I-64 West which runs (though some amazing sights in Virginia and West Virginia) straight into Louisville, Kentucky. This weekend is the kickoff to the Kentucky Derby Festival with "Thunder Over Louisville" being held this weekend. That is a huge air show and fireworks display held on the banks (both sides) of the Ohio River. It is always one of my favorite events though I don't get to go every year including this one. There are a host of events (many if not most such as Thunder...free) held up to the running of the Kentucky Derby on the first Saturday in May. If there is ever a good time to visit the city, that period would be among the best.
It was great to be back, but also good to be back in Richmond again. Looking forward to checking out more of the sights of this fine city as well over the next three years. Richmond is a very interesting place as well. Have seen much of note here, and have only scratched the surface of this city.