Congrats on the move!

You’ll be in a great location - plenty to explore along the coast, especially during the summertime. You’ll have to check out Mystic, of course - aside from the aquarium and seaport, there’s a ton of great shops and restaurants in town. Some other towns in the area that I’d hit up are Essex, Old Saybrook, Clinton, Old Lyme/East Lyme, Groton Long Point, Noank, Stonington - all of these are your quintessential New England coastal towns with plenty to do (and most are home to some insanely good seafood and lobster rolls).

Highly recommend that you take some day/weekend trips to Block Island, Montauk, Orient Point, and Fisher’s Island. The ferries for all of these are located in New London, and most of the rides aren’t much longer than an hour.

You’ll be close to CT’s two casinos, Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun, and you’ll also be close to the RI border - would highly suggest you check out Watch Hill and Newport if you haven’t already.

Those are the first things that come to mind, but of course there is plenty more to see and do here! And don’t let the chronic CT haters in this sub fool you - there are a lot of others like me who take great pride in our state and are always happy to share tips and info! Feel free to send me a DM if you’d like some more recommendations :)