day 81

today we head out on a 70 mile day up to new haven. it was a beautiful ride since we rode along the coast of new york and connecticut. it didn't take too long to get to the connecticut border and they actually had a sign so that's good. as we were riding we rolled into a city, i can't remember the name of, but there was the WWE headquarters there so we tried to go in and see if we could take a tour but they aren't "open to the public" as the receptionist said through the little speaker at the entrance. we love WWE because of its ridiculousness so we thought that it would've been a great time to see the inner workings of the fixed sport. we pressed on and rode out of the city and into a small beach town that was having a farmers market so we stopped and chatted with some people there and enjoyed some great nectarines and banana bread! i love banana bread. we rode down to a little restaurant called the 101 and it serves milkshakes and sandwiches so we got some of those and they were very very delicious. from then on out we were riding along the beach and we decided to stop and just soak in the wonderful weather and the ocean which we haven't seen in such a long time. we talked with two ladies for a bit about our trip and they were just loving it. we rode, rode, rode and finally made it up to new haven where we spent some time checking out the city waiting for our couchsurfing host to get back from work. we went and got some falafels then went to a really good pizza joint. supposedly new haven claims to be the inventors of pizza and burgers, so pizza and burger joints were everywhere. we then sat on the front steps of cris' house until one of his roommates let us in and we brought in our bikes and gear and made ourselves at home. cris just started a new job that day working on a pilot for a new tv series so he was being worked to the bone till pretty late. we chatted with his roommates for awhile and shared our stories with hans and his girlfriend. they are such wonderful people. cris made it home and we stayed up late talking about his new job and about movies and everything else movie related. it was nice to chat with someone about that stuff. we then just crashed after a full day.