New Haven, Mystic and Boston

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Our two week holiday in August started off in New York for 3 days, then we hired a car and set off up the coast to New Haven, the home of the prestigious Yale University. We stayed there for two nights with a friend, Lumor, who attends the University. We met Lumor while we were volunteering in Peru in 2005. From there we headed for Boston via a cool little place called Mystic.

In Boston we stayed with Dennis, an old family friend of Gerry's family from Scotland. He married Karen, an American, and emigrated out there and now has three children. While in Boston we met up with another old friend, Solomon, from Uganda. He lived with us in London while he pursued studies in accountancy, then he won the Green Card Lottery which allowed him to move to the US permanently and also to take his wife from Uganda there. He now has a a baby boy as well.

From Boston we headed across country to Canada, first stop - the Niagra Falls!!

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Photos

Fountain
Boston

Boston
Trinity Church and the John Hancock Tower

Dennis and son, Andrew
We visited Dennis, an old family friend from Scotland, who now lives in Boston (Saugus).

Yale University
One of the top unis in US

Cooling off in the park
Boston Common

Boston
From the Prudential Center

Dennis's house
From the back

Boston Red Sox stadium
Fenway Park was opened in 1912

Boston
The Charles River and Longfellow Bridge

Boston
The John Hancock Tower is the tallest building in Boston and the 135th tallest building in the world (now there's a bit of trivia for you!)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Another one of the top educational institutions in the US