Snapshots from Yale

 Ina and I in downtown New Haven, CT. Pretty much the center of the Yale University campus. We were freezing right here. It was probably about 18 degrees!

 The Sterling Memorial Library. We spent a lot of time in here, to warm up and read our books for class.

We took a student-led tour of campus and learned lots of facts about Yale. We also gained entry to Branford College, here, which the public does not have access to. This was so much like Oxford, I dreamed of being a student living here. So beautiful!

Ina suggested this nice spot by the windows in Bass Library. We could drink our coffee here, but not in the Sterling Library. Big cozy chairs + windows + coffee + books = a lovely morning!

We snuck into a Philosophy class here. I wanted to get a taste of being a Yale student, and Ina didn't have any classes that day, so we showed up and followed a guy into class, ending up in the very front of the class! But the professor was so passionate and so enjoyable to listen to, it was such a pleasant class! Granted, the professor asked us after class if we had wandered into the wrong classroom, but he wasn't mad at all when we said I was a prospective student visiting from Florida. He was welcoming and asked me how I liked Yale so far. 

 Lunch in the Commons Dining Hall (yes, it looks like Hogwarts from Harry Potter). We ran into some of Ina's friends from the divinity grad school and ended up having a fun lunch with them! The food was really good and the company was so enjoyable in an atmosphere that made me feel like a student all over again. I really liked that.

 Shake Shack! For high-quality eco-friendly fast food, it's got to be Shake Shack. It started in NYC and it is super popular, so much so that Ina and I had to wait in a line that was backed up to the door! It moved fast though, and was so worth it. Delicious!

 Free concert by the Yale Orchestra? Yes please! The orchestra was spectacular. They played three different composers: one modern, one from the 19th century, and Tchaikovsky, which was the best one. This gorgeous hall looks like something out of Germany (I can say that because I sat with three Germans who all said this place reminded them of a concert hall somewhere over in their neck of the woods). 

As if my time at Yale couldn't get any better, it snowed during dinner at Shake Shack and the orchestra concert, so we walked home in a light snow, with a nice layer of fresh snow under our feet. It was so beautiful. Then, I woke up the next morning to this beautiful sight, with a light dusting of snow.