Tag: Art

The Scream

What does the title mean to you? Is somebody screaming?

For me it refers to the painting “The Scream” by Edvard Munch. I have always been fascinated by it and someday I hope to see the original painting.

Today I got to see the next best thing. I was in New Haven for business, and I had some time before my train was departing back to Stamford. I went to the Yale University Art Museum. They are having a special exhibit,

Munch and Kirchner:

Anxiety and Expression

The exhibit is great. One certainly gets a feel for the style of Munch. There was a black and white lithograph of the scream.

The Yale Art Museum is always a nice place to visit and enjoy art. They have a great collection of famous artists’ paintings and sculptures.

New Haven is about an hour’s train ride from Stamford. Entrance to the museum is free, and two hours should give you enough time to enjoy the entire collection.

There are other museums in New Haven. The British Museum of Art is next to the Yale Art Museum. The Peabody Natural Science Museum has just reopened after adding additional space.

One can certainly spend an entire day in New Haven visiting the museums and there is a nice selection of restaurants to satisfy your appetite.

A Train Trip

In a few days my wife and I are traveling to Washington DC by train. Once I get back I will give the details of the train trip. I thought I will tell why train travel is my choice.

I had three options to travel. Plane, car or train. The plane is not really an option.  It is quite a bit more expensive and it is not that faster. I took the plane from LaGuardia last year and door to downtown DC was four hours.  Driving to the airport and having to get to airport at least 90 minutes before departure adds to much time to the flight.

The train  is scheduled to take four  and half hours Stamford to DC.  Add in half a hour to get to the train station five hours is the total time. I can drive to DC in five hours if traffic is good that is a big if.

The cost for a round trip train ticket for two is $120.00.  You have to buy this ticket about a month before the departure date. Driving would also cost about $120.00 according to my Google question. That price includes gas and tolls.

The biggest factor is not having to drive. I plan on reading, writing, and walking around the train.

I will let you know later how the trip goes.