NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT

New Haven is the 2nd/3rd largest town of the state of Connecticut but is best known as the home of Yale University.

Distance : 135 miles Drive time : 2 hrs 30 mins
Our main purpose of visit was for Lu Lei to meet up with his University buddy Liao Jun. He recommended for us to try Frank Pepe reputed to serve the "best pizza in the world". We have included a picture of the takeaway box that has the address for future reference.

Liao Jun took us on a short walking tour around Yale University. It is the 3rd oldest institution of higher education in the US and is a member of the Ivy League. Buildings are historic and made for a pleasant and educational tour. We also passed by a silent black building which I was told is the HQ of Yale's secret society of Skull and Bones. It is one of the oldest student secret societies in the US. Skull and Bones is notorious for its secrecy. Member George W. Bush described his experience as "so secret we can't talk about it."

New York trip #2 : Oct 2007
This was a short weekend trip to celebrate my birthday. As usual, we had very little time, basically only 1.5 full days in NYC. We decided to spend half a day at the world famous Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was huge definitely an eye opening experience. You have to see it to believe the number of things they have collected from all over the world from past civilisations that we can only read and imagine about now. It is awe-inspiring to think about the magnitude of their accomplishments in the past without the modernisation that we know and rely on today.

Our Autumn weekend outings to Spofford Lake and Larz Anderson Park. Autumn is my favourite season of the year. I love the sunny yet cool (however this season has been quite chilly, I wonder if this is a sign of harsh winter to come...) days. Most of all I love the colours it brings.