Living it up Italian Style

On the East Coast in the state of Connecticut there is a small seaport town full of the smallest shops, restaurants, and museums you will ever see. It is a town where every local seems to know each other and you can immediately spot a tourist (aka me) The streets go up and down small hills as well as tiny parking lots scattered everywhere full to bursting with cars, and sometimes you even have to cross the street at your own risk! Overall though the town of Mystic is a great place to really take a step back in time and see what it was like to live during the 1800s on the edge of the sea, or if you are an antique collector it is the ideal place to get lost among all the stores. I had a blast walking around the alleyways between the shops, finding stores i never knew were there unless we had walked up a flight of stairs up one side of a building or gone down an alleyway on the other side. One thing i noticed was just how many bicyclists there were here. This really is a town for those who would love to jog, walk, bike, even skateboard their way around, it definitely is small enough to get around doing any of those.

 Now i am not a fan of seafood really. I do enjoy salmon or maybe fish and chips now and then, but really i am not much of a fan of fish in general.  This little town was just full of surprises though, and we realized that there were a lot of nice Italian restaurants everywhere! Italian food is my third favorite type of food to eat (behind Mexican food and Chinese food) so i jumped at the opportunity when my mother and our cousins talked about going out to get Italian food. I always wanted to try pizza on the East Coast and as you can see in the picture to the left i was successful in my influential vote haha. What you see here are two REGULAR size pizzas (i know right!?) the one in the back has pepperoni, sausage, and mushroom and the other is a chicken and pesto pizza. Needless to say they were both delicious! (and fairly priced too, we were surprised) What was awesome about the restaurant itself was it was an old style two story house that they had gutted and remodeled into a spacious dining area for many people. There was also a live band playing in the backyard that we could  hear (seating back there though was packed!) so we decided to enjoy the inside.
        Mystic is a lovely town; lots of green lawns, people kayaking in the river, old style ships at museums you can explore, and lots of nice restaurants to enjoy which we certainly did. So if you ever want to check out a nice place and see if you can blend in with the locals better than we did i recommend this little town for a fantastic experience and amazing style food!