Location: West Norwalk, CT
While I slept in, Julia woke up relatively early to run some errands. She got a manicure and visited the dentist before returning to her house. After having chocolate croissants for breakfast, we brought Data and Lucy to a nearby dog park. Data happily romped with the handful of other dogs while Lucy spent most of the time hanging out around Julia. Lucy was probably a bit nervous because the other dogs in the park were all large, but I’m sure she was also feeling lazy due to the fact that she has become quite plump.
Once the dogs were able to get some exercise, we welcomed a bit of downtime. I began work on a new blog, which will be basically a continuation of this blog to which we will post after the trip. It’s progressing nicely, but there is still a lot to do. Speaking of the end of the trip, the final day will either be on Saturday or Sunday, depending on when we are able to fully unpack the car and complete our final posts. Said posts will be very comprehensive, so be sure to keep checking for them and read our new blog once it is up and running!
At 7:30 p.m., we went to Taste of Asia, a nearby Asian restaurant, for dinner. The vegetable spring rolls were probably the best I’ve ever tasted, but our dinners weren’t spectacular, though they certainly weren’t bad.
We stopped at a grocery store, where we bought cake and two other special items. Back when we were in Yosemite National Park (click here to see our post from that day), we found Martinelli’s Sparkling Apple Juice, which is supposedly slightly different from the more common Sparkling Cider. We decided to buy both the sparkling apple juice and cider and conduct a simple taste test to see whether or not we could tell the difference between the two and which was better. Julia, her parents and I participated. There was a visible difference between the two, with the juice being more orange and the cider having noticeably more froth. Taste-wise, they were very similar, but the cider left more of a tingle. I think we all agreed it was slightly better, which is fine considering the cider is far more common anyway.
Tomorrow, Julia has orientation in New York City for one of her internships. I will accompany her and wander around the city until she is done. Afterward, we are going out with her family at the Melting Pot. It will be a joint celebration of our return and her parents’ 30th wedding anniversary.
Here are today’s photos. Click “there’s more to this” to see them all or visit my SmugMug.
This is why dog parks are hilarious.
Lucy.
Data.
Lucy.
Want to play?
Taste of Asia.
Our taste test.
Lucy.
Data.
what is this new blog going to be about?