I have lived in Connecticut all of my life (twenty-seven years). Connecticut is the second smallest state in the United States. Over the years of my life, I have gone from saying there is nothing in Connecticut to do, to actually saying there are at least a few things that you can do in Connecticut.
I live in Southeastern Connecticut, in a town called Norwich. I live fifteen minutes apart from two Casinos that are in competition now. They are: Foxwoods, which is located in Mashantucket, Connecticut on Indian reservation and Mohegan Sun, which is located in Uncasville, also on Indian Reservation. Foxwoods was the first Casino in Connecticut, and Mohegan Sun followed a few years later building their own casino. Each casino is owned by different Indians. Foxwoods is owned by the Mashantucket Indians and Mohegan Sun is owned by the Mohegan Indians. These two casinos have become quite the tourist attraction for out of towners, visitors as well as local residents of Connecticut. Before these casinos were built in Connecticut, I never would have imagined that there would soon be two casinos. Besides gambling at these casinos, you can eat at some of their restaurants, go to the arcade, dance club or listen to concerts.
Besides casinos, there are also many other tourist attractions to visit in Connecticut. Mystic, another town located in Southeastern Connecticut is a very fine tourist attraction. ''Mystic Pizza'' a pizza restaurant was the actually shooting location for the movie, ''Mystic Pizza''. In Mystic, you can not only find ''Mystic Pizza'', but a village where you can shop, a seaport where you can tour and an aquarium where you can admire and appreciate all of the sea animals.
One of my favorite ice cream places in Connecticut is Buttonwoods, which is located in Voluntown, Connecticut; approximately fifteen miles from Norwich. Buttonwoods makes the best ice cream in my opinion, even serving a lactose selection of sorbets. My favorite ice cream, however, is not that lactose free ice cream, it is the blueberry. For lactose free ice cream, I prefer passion fruit.
Connecticut is also the home of the University of Connecticut, which has made themselves famous for their men and women's basketball teams, The Huskys.
Some of the bigger cities in Connecticut, include: Hartford, New Haven and New Britain. Most of the local news stations can be located in these cities.
There are also a few beaches that you can visit in Connecticut. Some of the beaches that I enjoy visiting are: Ocean Beach located in New London, Connecticut and Hopeville located in Pachaug, Connecticut.
Connecticut goes through all four seasons of weather, unlike some states in the United States, such as Florida. In the fall, Connecticut's leaves change color from brown to green, orange, red and yellow. The season starts to get a bit chiller in Winter, creating freezing like temperatures that produce snow and hail. Spring, brings flowers, as well as rain showers; not to mention warmer weather. Things really start to heat up in the summer time, bringing blazing temperatures, causing residents to run for beaches, jump in their pools and crank up their air conditioners.
Shopping: There are many shopping malls in Connecticut. Some of them include the Danbury Fair Mall, The Buckland Hills Mall, Westbrook Outlets, Clinton Outlets, Crystal Mall and the West Farms Mall.
Miniature Golf: In my town, there is a marina where there is a golf course set up. Here you can go and enjoy a day of miniature golf with your friends and family members. It is located in Norwich and is called ''Putts Up Dock.''
As the Casinos are growing in Connecticut, so is Connecticut itself. Many new tourist attractions have been added to attract visitors not only to the casinos, but to the areas around on the casinos.
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