Last week when we finally had some nicer weather, I took Thor for a walk north west of our apartment. When I want to explore new areas, I start walking in one direction and see what happens. Today we all have a map on our phones, but when I first came to NYC I didn’t have a phone with internet, the phone could barely even text hahah, so I walked around Manhattan with a tiny map in my pocket. I love that and in many ways I hate carrying a phone on my explorations. Anyway,.. With the sun bright on my phone I didn’t really see much more than a green area on google maps in the end of the street we had ended up on, so I thought we could check out if it was a park we could enjoy. The street got cuter and cuter. Houses got bigger and bigger and more nature around them as we kept walking. Quiet, no cars and some birds singing. We came to the end and saw that two lots where blocking the green area. A woman with a dog came and I asked how I get to the park. Well, it was apparently a cemetery so I couldn’t go there. Oh well. The spot I was standing on there was peaceful enough. Cute little forest area with a stream. I was definitely not on Manhattan anymore:) Yesterday, all three of us walked on the same street. I think my husband agrees that it was very cute and there is a lot of nice houses there.
Thor and I went for a walk to downtown one day last week. No specific destination, just walk around and see what we find. The city center isn’t very big so it didn’t take us much time to walk around it all. It’s a cute little town and people are friendly. Of course they all love our smiling little fluffbutt. One thing my husband and I noticed the first time we visited Stamford though, is that stoplights Makes. No. Sense! You can stand there for a good ten minutes having cars from all sides just passing by (even when you press the button). It’s the same when you drive here. Forever red stoplight on all streets of the intersection. Drives us a bit crazy actually. But, Thor and I chose streets with less traffic for the most part. I found where the ballet and yoga studio is and there are plenty of bars that Jim and I can check out. On Saturday evening we went to an Irish pub that had a very European style. We sat next to a fireplace and the food was awesome. Yesterday, Jim and I walked down to the center to check out a furniture store and then we had a fantastic lunch at a tiny place that didn’t look like much but had real good Mexican food. So far, the food in Stamford is great. We walked around for a bit and found some more places we can try in the future and on the way home we got coffee at a place I got recommended the first time we visited this town. They for sure knows how to make coffee there!
There has been opportunities to enjoy our terrace too. Our apartment is facing the morning sun, but we are kinda in the corner and the sun is so high during the day, so right now, we have sun on our terrace until at least 4pm and in the summer I’m sure it will stay longer in the evening. Perfect! Now we just need some patio furniture so we can enjoy it for real:)
So far we like it here. We call it the suburbs even if it’s not that small of a city because of the mix of nature and the small and cute city center.
Picture from our first day in Stamford last week