Our Trip To CT

Everything went really well. Easy flights in and out of Providence. I know my way around Southeastern CT now, that is for sure. Bob was able to spend about 3 hours at Pfizer and got to meet and talk with a bunch of different people. So, that was good for him. Friday night we ate in Mystic, CT at the Riverwalk Cafe and then we ate at Azu's for breakfast in Mystic. While Bob was at Pfizer on Friday afternoon, I just drove around the areas that we thought we would want to look into. I was trying to get my bearings on the place.

On Saturday, we got up ate breakfast and then headed around the different areas. I showed Bob all of the places that I had been the day before - We had also bought a detailed Map of Eastern CT the night before which helped tremendously. Outside of the major cities, the countryside is beautiful. There are a lot of trees, boulders, and streams. The shore is beautiful as well. There are a lot of rivers, streams, and ponds around the area too.

After driving around and lunch, we met up with a realtor to see a few houses. We spent 3 hours with Janet, getting the lay of the land even more and seeing some nice houses. I think we definitely have a good idea of what is available in the areas that we are looking. We then met up with our friends Kim & Patrick for dinner at Paul's Pasta in Groton. It is a VERY small, Rachael Ray type of place - a VERY local type place. They make fresh pasta every day. We had to wait a little bit - because there were only about 15 tables in the whole place. But it was REALLY good. I had a small eggplant parmesean and couldn't finish it all. I also had the fried chocolate chip cookie dough sundae - now that, was good. After dinner, it was back to the hotel to crash.

On Sunday we decided that we would see if there were any open houses that we wanted to go to. We got the paper and there were VERY few. We drove by the 2 that were possibilities and decided that we didn't need to go to them. We drove around a little more and decided to head up to Boston for lunch/dinner in the north end. We went up through the eastern part of CT just to see what it was like. Very hilly and rural. We saw some of the only farms during our trip up there. We came into Boston via the south side and went in the tunnel - I wasn't quite sure what to expect with the big dig and everything, but we ended up missing the city and coming out by Bunker Hill, so we headed up toward 128 and looped back around. I took Bob through Lexington and into Cambridge. It took me a little bit to get my bearing, but once I hit the Charles River, I knew where I was going. I gave Bob a mini tour of the city, hitting Harvard Sq, up to Back Bay around the Commons by the Theater district toward the Government plaza around Faneuil Hall to the North End. I didn't realize that you couldn't park in the North End anymore - shows you how long it has been since I have been there. So, we headed toward Faneuil Hall and parked in the structure and walked over. We ate at the Florentine Cafe. It was good, but not the best I have had in the North End. Bob thought it was wonderful - so that is good. We then headed across the street to Mike's Pastry but once we got in line and it wasn't moving, we decided to head out - I was getting impatient. So, we tried another bakery - too crowded - so we ended up at Lulu's Bakery - very cute, very small bakery. We got chocolate covered cannoli's, a chocolate cheesecake and rugelach to go. We then did a loop through Faneuil Hall and headed back to the car. We then headed south through the city to the highway and back to Providence/Warwick RI to stay the night near the hotel for our early flight back to DTW. We tried to see if there were any other flights back to DTW that night, but there weren't. So, we had to stay.

We kicked back in the hotel room, ate our treats from Lulu's and then went to sleep so that we could make our flight back home.

It was great to see the girls when we got home. We missed them A LOT!! It was good to be home.

Both Bob and I are glad that we took the trip. It definitely gave us some things to think about. The land is really pretty there and the people seem very friendly.

We have a huge decision to make and hopefully, we will get some more information soon to help us with making that decision.

The best news would be if we won the Mega Millions tonight - 150 Million. You have to play to win and believe me, I'm playing.