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In New York

Mountain Lakes Park

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We had a pretty active day yesterday. Got up early to watch the sunrise, had coffee on the terrace, I went to the gym for an hour and after I had showered, we packed a bag with water, snacks and mosquito spray. We drove for about 40 minutes to Mountain Lakes Park in North Salem, NY. 
We started walking and soon we came to a lake filled with water lilies. I’ve never seen so many before. I was completely amazed by this!
We continued on and realized we had walked to an end, so we had to go back a little bit and then go back on the path we wanted. So incredibly nice, basically noone there, we were alone for the most part.
At some point I heard something that sounded like a baby bear crying. The thought of running into a bear had never crossed my mind, cause I didn’t grow up with bears in the forest (I grew up in the south of Sweden, we saw occasionally a moose but even that was rare). I started walking a little faster and kept looking around until we had walked far enough for it to feel a little safer. Running into momma bear on our hike would be amazing to see but absolutely terrifying to experience:)
We walked to what we thought was the lookout point. We sat on a wooden bench and had snacks before we continued. Very shortly after that, we ended up at the actual lookout, haha. There were several people hanging out looking at the view of the three lakes. We only stayed for about a minute, not even. We were pretty tired at this point, especially our little fluff butt.
Thor tried to stay awake in his travel bag by my feet in the car but eventually he fell asleep. He walked 6 MILES!! Our tiny 7.5 lbs baby walked 6 miles yesterday! Can you believe it? And he “climbed” a mountain (it was slowly going up and then down, you didn’t really notice that you walked up a mountain). I am so proud of him. I wonder if his little muscles are sore today, haha:) 

In Stamford

Sunrise watch in Harbor Point

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Good Morning! Got up at 5:15 today. By 5:30 we left the apartment. There were no traffic at this time, but the traffic lights here in Stamford are ridiculous so it took forever to drive down to Harbor Point. We had checked the night before when the sunrise would be and it said 5:40. We should have left earlier. Because the sun is basically up at 5:40, so we kinda missed it. But it doesn’t matter, it was still beautiful. We want to drive to Cove Island another time to watch the sunrise because there the sun wouldn’t be blocked by a building and trees like it was in Harbor Point. 
Thor was freaking out as always in the car and it stressed me out. It took him some time to realize we weren’t gonna leave him somewhere (which I think is why he always freaks out) and soon we could have a quiet morning and enjoy each others company.
After walking in the park for a bit, we bought coffee in a drive-thru and then hung out on the terrace. We have morning sun and before 8am it’s not too hot yet to sit out there. Very nice morning!
Now I’m dressed to go down to the gym for an hour. Have a wonderful weekend! 

In Stamford

Bike ride with Thor

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After lunch today, I decided that vacuum the apartment would be boring and it would be more fun to go for a bike ride with Thor. I grabbed the bike basket and put the leash on T. He barked at first because he got excited but after that he stayed quiet until we were back in the apartment about 50 minutes later. This is unusual!

When T sits in the basket his head is in line with the baskets edge, so if there is a bump in the road I’m afraid that he would hit his head on the basket, so to protect that (and spare his little toothies) I pad it up with a blanket and his dog pouch. He loves that pouch so he feels very comfortable which of course also is important. He just sat there in the basket smiling, very relaxed and enjoyed the ride.

It was suuuuuper duper hot outside though and no wind, so we were both so sweaty after this. I had to put our air conditioner on really cold and then take a cold shower. But it was a perfect little activity for me and Thor today. And I am so proud of him for just hanging out in the basket. He barked once when we were out because he saw two big German Shepherds that he wanted to protect me from, but other than that, he was awesome! Very fun!

In Connecticut

Greenwich and hiking with Thor

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We needed to get an oil change on our car, so we drove to Greenwich. They told us it would take 1-1.5 hour so we decided to go for lunch at the place we always go to when in that city, Elm Street Oyster House (took my parents there last year and my mom ate her first oyster). It’s small and cute. We always sit in the bar and usually just order oysters and old bay fries, a pretty easy lunch. 

When the car was done, we drove home to grab Thor to go hiking at the Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens (went there once last summer). It’s a smaller hike which is good for Thor when it’s this hot outside. It wasn’t actually that hot in the forest because of all the trees which was great. 

Our plans for the evening changed due to potential Thunderstorms. We ended up going to a sushi place on Summer Street instead. We’ve been there a few times before. They have nice sushi and the place is very popular. Not much more exciting happening for the rest of the evening. Today has been pretty relaxed. Gonna go to the rooftop of our building now and play pool for a little bit and then maybe watch Breaking Bad or something before we end this weekend.

In New York, Swedish in America

Soccer and Birthday Party

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Yesterday we walked to downtown Stamford to find a place to have brunch and watch the game. We had been to the gym before and ended up leaving home a little late, so every place was packed. But we actually found two seats and was able to kinda see the game. Too bad it was a crappy game though (but hey, Sweden made it this far, they should be proud). We had fun at least. We saw someone with a Swedish jersey at the place, but the whole area was mostly British people or people who were cheering for England (three bars next to each other streaming the game so everyone was at the same place which made it an exciting area). 

In the afternoon, we dropped Thor off with our neighbor and then walked to the train station. Train to Larchmont, NY, and then a 20 minute walk over to Mike’s house. Jim’s boss (Mike) and his twin brother are turning 50 today so they had a 100th Birthday Party yesterday. Very cute setup in their backyard with tables under a big tent. The food was really awesome too, just simple fried bbq stuff. There were plenty of kids there as well and they all ran around having fun and later some of them went kayaking out to the ocean (the water comes in by M’s house). A very relaxed birthday party outside in the sun. Some people J used to work with showed up and we had a really nice evening.