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Yale University

With only 2 weekends left in New York City, I decided to leave the last weekend (next one) for final packing, and today for more sight-seeing. A friend of mine told me before that she thought Yale University has the most beautiful campus in the US that she had seen; so I decided to give it a try - here I went New Haven of Connecticut, a 2-hour train ride from NYC's Grand Central Station.

I took my first Metro-North ride and first train ride from New York City (indeed, also just my 3rd in the US, last two were between Washington DC and Baltimore). The weather was not too nice for traveling nor sight-seeing. It was cloudy but one good thing was that it was not hot at all because of that. I was lucky not to meet the rain for the whole day when I was out until I got on the platform for the train returning to New York.

About the Yale campus: it was full of Gothic, European buildings, courtyard, greens and open spaces. I joined a guided tour. Our tour leader Dave had just finished his freshman year at the School of Music. As he told us, Yale certainly enjoys a lot of privilege and firsts, and wonderful campus life. To name a few of the Yale firsts - First Ph.D. awarded in the US, first Chinese graduate from the US universities, its Indoor Sports Complex is still world's number one, Yale had the nation's first spy (who apparently being executed by the Britons in his first mission! What a failure...); and the honors - five US presidents, including 4 in the last four (Bush Sr. & Jr., Clinton and Ford)...and the old campus of Yale is just absolutely gorgeous!

I am really glad that I made this trip to Yale before I depart for the South!

posted by CalvinCK @ 8:52 PM