We did it! We made it into Connecticut (#48) and have now covered the entire continental United States! FLAG

We have met several folks from Connecticut over this trip and when we asked “what’s something we shouldn’t miss in Connecticut?” Every. Single. Person said “get some pizza in New Haven!” So, we started looking for the best pizza in New Haven. We turned into the “Little Italy” part of New Haven, and at 11:45am, there was already a line outside of Sally’s pizza, so clearly we were in the right place. One place online had over 1,500 reviews and all were 5 stars. You have to go check out a place like that – so we were off to Zeneli’s

Back in 2016, when we did our first multi-state trip, we were in San Diego and the hotel shuttle driver sent us to a local pizzeria, Luigi’s, for dinner. Since then, every pizza is compared to Luigi’s. Some came close but Luigi’s has always been the best…

Until today! Today, we have a new greatest pizza champion: Zeneli’s!

Zeneli’s has a origin story. It is owned by 4 brothers who were originally from Albania, then moved to Naples and then to the US. Each brother has a special skill set: the entrepreneur, the dairy farmer, the cheese maker and the baker. We started with the meatball appetizers, and then ordered 3 different pizzas to share. They were each delicious, and I found a new favorite drink.

Since we are in Little Italy of New Haven, we decided to go across the street to Libby’s Italian Pastry Show for a little something sweet to finish off this perfect meal.

Bellies full, we decided to explore New Haven a bit. New Haven is really pretty city, about half the size of Greensboro. And about 15,000 of those are students at Yale. Since we visited Harvard, we had to check out Yale too. I told the boys they could mark them off their list of school to visit. Michael said: “Yea, because they were on our college visit list. “(Where does he get that smart mouth? 🤪)

The fastest route back to NYC today was I-95, but traffic was slow moving, so we detoured onto US Highways, and of course, found a cool stop from RoadSideAmerica.com. How about the largest Bronze Gorilla in the world?

We headed on to New York and crossed over the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge and got one last look at New York.

We made it to the hotel and Mike and I headed to return the rental car while boys went to gym for one more run this week. (After we stretched out for a while 😉)

We had dinner at the hotel, and then came back to get everything backed up and ready to head home. Not a crazy early flight, but LaGuardia in the summer may be crazy, so we want to get there early.

We have had such a great time but we are all ready to head home. We are ready to be at home and especially to see our puppies. ♥️

No matter how much fun we have, there’s no place like home ♥️