What) The Galt House is a 25-story, 1300-room hotel in Louisville, Kentucky. The original hotel was erected in 1837. The current Galt House is presently the city's only hotel on the Ohio River. Many noted people have stayed at the Galt House, including Jefferson Davis, Charles Dickens, Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant.

    A $60 million renovation of the complex has been completed, which consists of extensively renovated east and west towers connected across Fourth Street with a new $4 million conservatory. The 10,000 square-foot (930 m2) conservatory is three stories in height and enclosed by steel and glass. It features a cafe, a cocktail lounge and gathering area, an aviary and greenhouse space on one level with large trees and foliage. It offers views of downtown Louisville and the Ohio River. Furthermore, a newly constructed pedestrian bridge crossing Main Street connects the Galt House and Riverfront Plaza Towers with the rest of the Downtown Louisville skybridge system. (1)

    Where) 140 North 4th Street

    Why) We had to stay somewhere and I think Pam has developed a taste for occasionally living luxuriously.  There is no doubt that our room was decorated to her tastes.






















Although this is one our room keys, we did order a couple of ginger ales from this tastefully named bar.







I liked the looks of this building that you could see from our window but I preferred ...







... looking through these two bottles that I had previously purchased.







This is the view out our window at night but ...







... this is the view that Pam preferred.  I suggested that she ask the Galt House if Fierce Grace by Tony Stromberg was for sale.