mystic, ct

Last week was Jason's spring break and because I had to work, he stayed home and studied. So we decided we needed to have a little break before the finals frenzy begins so we planned an Easter weekend getaway to Mystic. We didn't know much about Mystic, other than the fact that everyone in the ward has been there, so it had to be cool. We just wanted to rent a car and get out of the city, a place were no honking cabs could be heard and a view of something other than buildings. Mystic was just that.

I got off of work a little early on Friday and we were off. I was a little nervous to navigate us out of the city but it was quite easy and luckily there was no traffic. It was so fun to drive through Connecticut and remember the nanny days. I haven't been back since I nannied so there was a lot of things I had forgotten.

After 2 1/2 hours we had finally reached Mystic, and of course, our first stop on the list was the infamous, Mystic Pizza. The restaurant was completely different from the movie. They had all the pictures from the movie on the walls and of course the movie was playing on all the TV’s throughout the restaurant. Sadly the pizza wasn't what it was in the movie so we were a little disappointed, obviously it was missing the secret ingredient in the sauce. I think we've been spoiled with all the NY pizza and now no other kind of pizza tastes as good.



The next day we relaxed, ate breakfast and got our tickets to the Mystic Aquarium. Now you're probably thinking it's quite childish for two adults to go to the aquarium without children, but if you know Jason and his obsession with anything that has to do with the ocean then you will know that it was more like one adult and one child going to the aquarium. We had such a good time, it's not tourist season in Mystic yet so there weren't any crowds to fight (something we have become quite good at since moving to NY). We got to watch them feed the whales, play with the sea lions and Jason got to touch his first sting ray.




After our adventures at the aquarium we went to Main Street and explored all the little shops. The Mystic River runs right through the center of town and in the middle of Main Street they have a giant drawbridge. We walked around town, got some ice cream, walked up and down the river and then we decided to go for a drive. Why walk when you can drive, right? (As you can see we took full advantage of having a car)




It was so fun to drive around. Mystic is this picture perfect little town that you always see in the movies and wish you could live there. We checked out all the big homes along the river and I even spotted a few I wouldn't mind living in one day. That night we ate dinner at the S&P Oyster Co. and had the BEST seafood I have ever had. Our lobster bisque was the best we've ever had and our scallops were amazing. We were seated right by the windows that overlooked the river and we had a nice, quiet romantic dinner.

One of the homes I loved.


The next morning our hotel hosted a large Easter brunch with everything you could imagine. After stuffing ourselves we walked around the little seaport village they call the Mystic seaport. It's a museum that runs along the river that is literally a little town that they have preserved from the late 1800's. We got to see the little stores and homes of all the people who lived in the village, the shipyard, how ropes are made and we even got to climb aboard a few of the whaling ships and check out the sleeping arrangements. I think there's a reason why people were shorter back in those days; tall people could have never lived on one of those ships for months at a time. In fact, Jason was getting claustrophobic after 5 minutes.

The Seaport Museum




We had such a nice weekend relaxing in Mystic and would recommend it to any of you New Yorkers who are looking for a quick getaway.