We are taking three days to travel to Greg's so made our first stop in South Bend, IN and toured the Notre Dame campus in the afternoon. After a fairly easy day; we got thru the south side of Chicago pretty well, we stopped at a new Fairfield Inn just across the street from Notre Dame University. We spent some time in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart and marveled at the beautiful art work on the ceilings and the indescribable stained glass. The football stadium was awesome with statutes of Knute Rockne, Ara Parsigian, and Lou Holtz anchoring it in place.
The mural with the reflecting pool across from the stadium was a very inviting place to sit and reflect upon the beauty of the campus and the importance of education. With the university being almost 170 years old, many of the trees were very large and scenic. We had a nice walk around campus and could sense the history and academic and sports achievements around us. 
After the tour we went downtown to a very nice Italian restaurant and ate some great pasta. Having some daylight remaining, we drove through the Saint Mary's College campus and saw the convent where the future nuns live, learn, and work. It was 8:00 PM with lots of daylight left, but no one was outside, it was very quiet and peaceful.
Tomorrow we are driving through Cleveland and Pittsburgh with some planned stops along the way. You can check back to see where we stop tomorrow!!!!
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