I’ve never been able to embrace the concept of Stockholm. Maybe I haven’t tried hard enough, considering that I haven’t been here that much. But every time that I do come here it’s inevitable to state that this city isn’t mine. Not that I ever claimed it to be.
I have five or six hours to spend in this city until the scheduled meeting this afternoon. What am I supposed to do until then? If I’d been in Gothenburg it wouldn’t have been any hassle, cause I’d know where to turn to. Stockholm is sterile and anonymous. I guess I could just stroll around downtown and it’s probably what I’ll end up doing as well. Somehow I just feel like I never get it. Locals understand their city in a way that newcomers don’t, but Stockholm could be the worst city to get lost in. No kidding.
Oh and by the way, they think they found out what’s wrong with my knees. Something built in, according to the private clinic I visited while waiting to meet the specialist through public health care. I am to do a trial period of physio to see if it can be sorted out without surgery. If it can’t, well, we’ll see what happens.
Hope you don’t have to go down the surgery route!!
And you’re definitely not wrong about being able to feel lost and/or bored in cities you’re not familiar with. I even got bored in Hong Kong the first time I went there to renew my Chinese visa.