Donuts

Finally yesterday I had my first donut. With my friends from New Haven we spent the day spent at the Wadsworth Museum in Hartford http://www.wadsworthatheneum.org/ , we imagined a small museum, and we found ourselves in a major one with huge three floors collection of both european and american paintings, forniture, objects, textiles. We thought we would spend one hour, but after 1 floor and 1/2 we decided we should give in, have lunch and continue our visit afterwards. Hartford is supposed to be a large city, but on saturday afternoon nobody was on the street and even the tourist information was closed. It is the capital city of Connecticut and there is a mix of architecture that makes the mind of an European spin. Modern towers erects themselves alongside the nineteenth century fake medieval, and by now I am used to this, but then, beyond a park one sees a sort of bavarian castle, with a golden dome, it is the capital building, whatever that may mean. If you go nearer it looks more like a 1930s building. Near it a gothic arc with with two conic elements on top is the Civil War Sailors' and Soldiers' memorial Arch. "Mah" one would say in italian.

On the way to New Haven a long-awaited American experience, stopping at a Dunkin' Donuts. Sugar flour and fat in a round shape, I should have gone bare chested to the counter drooling like Homer Simpson, but he eats them at home. I even bought a six pack for my colleague at farmington who leaves tomorrow morning. I look pretty happy. There are other images of the donut experience added to the slideshow.