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Essex Steam Train

October 19, 2007 by Steve 1 Comment

I Think I Can, I Think I Can... Essex Steam Train, Essex, Deep River, & Chester October 10, 2007 This page is just about the Essex Steam Train ride. For the related museum, go here. Puff, puff! Chug, choo! Off they started! Slowly the cars began to move. Slowly they climbed the steep hill. As they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Sports, Thrills, Tours, & Events, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: "See Before you die" list, Chester, CT Valley Rail Road State Park, Damian, Deep River, Essex, Hoang, Middlesex County, Trains and Trolleys

Tour Stop 6: Ay Carumba!

October 13, 2007 by Steve 2 Comments

Game 11, Mexico vs. Angola Ay Chihuahua Mexican Restaurant and Cantina June 16 , 2006 Since it was Friday and since it was a nice hot day here in central Connecticut, Ed and I figured that we simply had to take in the Mexico vs. Angola game at a true Mexican cantina. Now, Hartford has a massive Hispanic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Sports, Thrills, Tours, & Events Tagged With: Ethnic Restaurants, Hartford, Hartford County, mexico, restaurants, World Cup 2006

Tour Stop 5: USA! USA! USA! Um… Czech That…

June 3, 2007 by Steve Leave a Comment

Games 8, 9, 10 Rookies in Cromwell and my living room June 12 & 14, 2006 Rookies has since closed. USA vs. Czech Republic For some reason, I get very patriotic when it comes to soccer, cycling, and hockey. I guess because we are actually the underdogs for once in those sports and the random successes in my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Sports, Thrills, Tours, & Events Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, cromwell, Damian, Hartford County, Middlesex County, restaurants, West Hartford, World Cup 2006

Tour Stop 4: Damian’s in Dutch Now!

May 24, 2007 by Steve Leave a Comment

Games 6 & 7 My living room and The Cambrense Cafe in Hartford June 11, 2006 Day three of the World Cup had another 3 matches on tap, two of which I planned to take in. After yesterday's indoctrination, Damian was ready to roll again today. The Netherlands were matched up against Serbia and Montenegro. Two on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Sports, Thrills, Tours, & Events Tagged With: Damian, Ethnic Restaurants, Hartford, Hartford County, portugal, restaurants, West Hartford, World Cup 2006

Tour Stop 3: Bend it Like Damian

May 22, 2007 by Steve Leave a Comment

Games 3, 4, 5 Me and Damian in my living room June 10, 2006 Day two of my World Cup Tour didn't leave my couch. My options were limited and besides, it's time Damian learns a few things about sports and fandom. He's got some English blood in him from somewhere, so at 9AM we watched a rather lackluster … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sports, Thrills, Tours, & Events Tagged With: Damian, Hartford County, West Hartford, World Cup 2006

Tour Stop 2: POLSKA!

May 21, 2007 by Steve Leave a Comment

Game Number 2 Poland vs. Ecuador, Stadion Cafe in New Britski June 9, 2006 Stadion Cafe is no longer open. Ed and I arrived on New Britski's Broad Street about half an hour before the 3PM kickoff of Poland and Ecuador. I drove up and down the length of the Little Poland section of the city and Ed marvelled at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Sports, Thrills, Tours, & Events Tagged With: Ethnic Restaurants, Hartford County, New Britain, Poland, restaurants, soccer, World Cup 2006

Tour Stop 1: Wurst. Crowd. Ever.

May 21, 2007 by Steve Leave a Comment

Game Number 1 Germany vs. Costa Rica, East Side Restaurant in New Britain June 9, 2006 I was a bit fearful as to how this day would turn out, as I had no idea whether or not the places I planned on going would be as soccer-friendly as I'd hoped. We Americans are always told that the rest of the world loves … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Sports, Thrills, Tours, & Events Tagged With: Ethnic Restaurants, Germany, Hartford County, New Britain, restaurants, soccer, World Cup 2006

World Cup Tour 2006

March 11, 2007 by Steve Leave a Comment

I was able to fulfill a dream in 2004 by going to France to see the Tour de France. Another wish is to see the World Cup in all its insanity at some point in my life. Short of that, I was fascinated by a series of online articles in Salon back in 2002 in which the intrepid reporter attempted to watch World Cup games … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Sports, Thrills, Tours, & Events Tagged With: Damian, Ethnic Restaurants, restaurants, soccer, World Cup 2006

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