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52. FROM TRACKS TO TREATS
THE LILY PAD B&B
Take the train to Milford, a town of about 55,000 on Long Island Sound. From the station, walk to the town green, the second longest in Connecticut. Downtown Milford’s offerings include Café Atlantique (bistro/wine bar), Daniel Street (live entertainment), Pink by the Harbor (Lilly Pulitzer fashions), and Ruby Slippers Day Spa. Staying overnight? Walk to The Lily Pad Bed & Breakfast, an 1820 French Colonial manse on the Wepawaug River with Victorian themed guestrooms and an English garden.
YALE UNIVERSITY
Board the train for New Haven. From Union Street Station walk to Wooster Square, famous for its Italian restaurants, including Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana and Sally's Apizza. Walk off your white clam pizza by strolling along Church and Chapel streets, teeming with boutiques, coffee houses, bistros, specialty stores, and international restaurants. Take a tour of Yale University, visit the Yale Center for British Art, and catch up on your reading at Atticus Bookstore Café.
MYSTIC WHALER
Take the train to Union Station in New London. Walk through New London Waterfront Park and enjoy views of Long Island Sound (in season, you can even take a windjammer cruise aboard the Mystic Whaler). While downtown, get a sugar rush at Cafe Xocolatl (everything on the menu is crafted from premium chocolate), visit the New London Antiques Center, and attend a show at the Garde Arts Center, housed in a restored 1920s theater.
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