So back in January I was told that I was going to be on a transportation company in Connecticut. Okay Connecticut, new state to conquer! Well lets just say there were many firsts had I on my trip to Connecticut.
It all started at 11 pm on a Sunday night when I realized that the train was no longer running to the town that my client was in (New Canaan). GREAT! I then heard from my senior on the job and was told that I should just rent a car and drive there from the city! YEP DRIVE! Well first of all most people would say I’m not that great of driver in Texas. Now add feisty taxi drivers, too many pedestrians and cops on every corner. WOO Weee I was bound to get a ticket or in a wreck. So I took the metro to Stamford and then rented my first car and drove to New Canaan. Of course this was right after surviving my first blizzard and there was snow piled higher than my car and raining. So of course on that early Monday morning I taught myself how to drive in the snow!
An interesting thing about Connecticut (and most New England states) is that they are so small so towns are pretty close to each other. I mean you can literally get on the highway and hit a different small town every twenty minutes On the other hand in Texas you would still be on the same side of town! I guess what they say is true- everything is bigger in Texas. This also goes for the highways. As I was driving to New Canaan I was told by the trusty GPS to get on highway 95. So I was on the lookout for the tall lights, big overpass and entrance ramp. But instead what I found was a two lane highway that apparently was the biggest one in the state. Welcome to Connecticut.
After making it to New Canaan I met my team and got to chugging the coffee to keep me up for the ten hour workday. During lunch I got to venture out into New Canaan with my team. The town is SUPER cute! I certainly want to go back one day. Its about ten miles from the beach and is filled with cute shops and quaint houses. Certainly a summer place to visit!
After work I had to drive another 20 minutes to Norwalk where my hotel was for the trip. That town was a bit bigger than New Canaan and had some familiar places like Wal-Mart and Panera Bread.
During the three days that I was working I also took the time to do a little research. I soon discovered that there was a Target in Stamford WOO HOO! Hadn't been to one in over three months and was pretty excited to see most of the store on sale!
Overall, my trip to Connecticut was a great learning experience. Not only did I learn to drive in the snow or learn my way around Connecticut I learned that business trips are exactly that. Business not too much fun involved.
I was excited to get back to the land of public transportation and of course my New York nugget… Laura!
oh yeah and did I mention... I got a parking ticket in New Canaan. Boo.
