Our guest, Flat Stanley, arrived in a manila envelope from our cousins living in Italy. He is originally from a first grade class in Colorado. He is a well-traveled young boy this Flat Stanley. Prior to San Francisco, he had already been to Florida and then parts of Italy (Perugia and Tuscany).
Upon his arrival sometime in January, we whisked him off to a cold, wintery adventure in New York City. Flat Stanley came with us everywhere. Here he is at snow-covered East River State Park in Williamsburg with a great view of Manhattan. We were only steps away from the waterfront but it was too cold and windy to walk any further. Poor chap. He didn’t bring his winter outfit. Why go to New York in the middle of a snow storm, you ask? We were wondering ourselves the same thing.
The subway was the best way to get around the city. Flat Stanley couldn’t have agreed more. Here he is snuggled in a pocket. We didn’t want to lose him!
Central Park Zoo was a big hit, but I’m not sure Flat Stanley liked being up so close to a fuzzy bird almost his size.
It was fun running in between and underneath tall buildings at High Line Park, an historic freight train line turned urban open space.
There was alot of running around and exploring to be done at High Line Park. But first, we wanted to enjoy our breakfast picnic of bagels with cream cheese and whitefish!
After our New York trip, we asked our friends to show Flat Stanley around San Francisco. Then, he was off to South Carolina. Bye Flat Stanley! We hope you, or one of your other worldly counterparts, visit us again soon!
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I heard of globe-trotting Flat Stanley before, but I’ve never had the chance to meet him in person! Thanks for sharing his adventures here.
It reminds me a bit of geocaching travel bugs, where you sometimes take a few photos of the geocoin or trinket before sending it off for more adventures via another geocacher.
I love Flat Stanley. I always wish more people would send him our way. I remember my little cousin sent me one right before I left for Singapore. Sadly Flat Stanley had to be back at school the day I was leaving on my trip, so I was unable to send a postcard from halfway around the world. He had only been around the continental U.S. that trip.
We did a flat stanley (but flat mikey) for my friends nephew. it was adorable and so much fun! Loved hearing about the stories he made up with “flat mikey” visiting L.A.!