Shopping in Outlets

July 6, 2015

What a mess! It was 10:30 p.m. when we were still in Clinton, far away from Yale. But how exciting we were as well after a FOUR-hour crazy shopping in Premium Outlets.

Jason and Jeniffer had searched the route and planned the trip for us for this whole week. We, almost everyone in the group, had been looking forward to such a shopping trip.

There were so many exciting things on the trip.

At first we got on a shuttle, hoping it would take us to the Street State Station, but found it was driven so slowly that we might miss our train. So we got off the shuttle and walked to the station on foot. We got there just ten minutes before the train came. We felt very lucky for changing our plan without any delay.

Sitting in the train, we enjoyed the beautiful shore line. But it's a pity the windows of the train were not clean so the pictures are not good enough to show the fascinating landscape.

When we getting off the train at Clinton, a group of local people helped us with the route. It was about 15-minute walking to Outlets. Not so long distance for Chinese! We were happy to hit the road, talking about our shopping plans, introducing or learning those famous international brands. Some cars passed by and people waved to us. Perhaps walking on the side of a highway is quite unusual to Americans, since we found no other people on the road.

Finally we found ourselves standing in front of the Outlets buildings, our shopping trip now really began. We spent more than four hours in different shops and were busy finding presents for our families, relatives and friends. That's typically Chinese, buying things for people we love wherever we go. At last, some colleagues found they bought so many things for others but forgot themselves.

Unfortunately, we missed the six o'clock train in the afternoon and have to wait till 10: 40 for the last train. But fortunately, no one complained about this delay. Everyone was so eagerly sharing their  bargains and experiences, imagining how much their families would appreciate these presents. Only the cool wind reminded us we had not eaten anything yet.  Some of us went to find something to bite, but rushed back before getting anything because someone played a trick on us and sent us the wrong information. Anyway, we waited till the last bus came and took us back.

It was such a risky adventure that everyone was totally involved into an unusual excitement.