Final Four

While the basketball results were not what I had hoped, the trip to Indianapolis was a good one.  The guided tour of the city provided some historical background.  The city is somewhat in disrepair infrastructure-wise because they are beautifying for the next Super Bowl.  Apparently, the Women's Final Four is not on par with the NFL....which, surprisingly is not in the same universe as the Indy 500, which draws over 425,000 people!!! 

Where DOES everyone park?  That's alot of people for a one-day event, although there IS a massive party associated with the actual race which starts well before and goes on long after the actual event. 

We were treated to a guided tour of the Speedway, and even got to go onto the track, view the finish line from the spotter's booth in the pagoda, and sit in the broadcast booth.  Pretty fascinating.

And while the women's team lost in the semi-finals, those on the trip gathered at the hotel to watch the men's team beat Butler, whose campus we toured that day decked out in our finest UConn gear!