Be the change you want to see in the world -Gandhi: A little of Connecticut

Alas, grad school seems to eat up every moment of my time already and I have been slow to post any pictures and stories from my time here in New Haven thus far. I shall try to make a routine that allows me to update this blog more often. But, at the moment, I have piles of studies sitting (literally) between me and this keyboard and I must get to work. So for now these pictures from my mom's visit up here this weekend will have to suffice.

Mom came up for the weekend and we spent Saturday taking a road trip through the back roads of Connecticut. I plotted a route on the map and mom exclaimed that it would simply take us forever to drive. In fact, it took about an hour and a half. Toto, we're not in Texas anymore! :) So, we set out on our drive.

After changing plans a few times, we decided on a cute 2 lane road through the country and it was perfect because we happened upon and Lewiz farm - produce and antique shop:

Continuing on, we enjoyed driving through the crisp, cool autmn air amidst the lush trees and stone fences:

Soon we came upon a beautiful draw bridge, which we drove over slowly several times to take in the view (and, of course, get some pictures)

Our road trip ended at the shore in Meridian, CT. We found a great little resaurant (The Warf) where we sat watching the sunset, eating clam chowder and fish and chips. Beautiful!!!

Today we started our day at a Catholic church in the neighborhood and then hiked up "East Rock" which is only a few blocks away from my house. What a view!