Midterms. Deadlines. Windy weather. “Catch-up on work”. Words that are equivalent to blaring alarms calling on the stress hormones in your brain. It’s been a non-stop two months at Yale with no finish line in sight - we’re really in the thick of it. After pushing through the challenges, reaching a tipping point in the balance between work and free time, Yale acknowledges the milestone and rewards us with a much-needed fall break, allowing students to take a breather and relax from the daily commotion of being a Yale student.
This fall break, I left campus on Tuesday afternoon immediately after finishing a midterm. I was welcomed with open arms by my friend from New York as her dad drove us to her house where I stayed the night before my flight the next day.
Shout out to Arethusa’s! Amazing car ride snack
At the LaGuardia airport, to my pleasant surprise, I ran into Yale graduate students heading to Houston for the women in SWE conference! What a small world and they were nice enough to let me take a picture. As I flew over Washington, I peaked out the window and saw the colors of fall.
Yalies at the airport
Very scenic view of somewhere near IAD
After getting to my final destination of San Antonio, Texas, I went to dinner at a very cute and lively outdoor restaurant area and ate an interestingly sweet fried chicken sandwich. For the duration of the trip, I strolled around the different parts of San Antonio until Sunday, where I went to Austin to watch the F1 Grand Prix.
El Camino in San Antonio
Nice day at the races!
At the end of the week, I flew back to EWR and took Amtrak which conveniently connects to New Haven. I was back in time for school the next day.
