The Conical Glass: Stockholm Diary #1

Friday, August 01, 2008

Stockholm Diary #1

Sometimes I think summer in Chicago must be one long thunderstorm. It seems like bad weather there is always screwing up air travel for the rest of the country. We were late getting into Chicago because a storm temporarily closed O'Hare and we had to circle over Wisconsin, and then we had to walk over two miles (I am not kidding -- I was wearing a pedometer) to catch our flight to Stockholm. Well, walk and run. We barely made it onboard. How about making it a little easier to get to the international terminal, airport folks? O'Hare has now replaced Atlanta as my least favorite airport. My parents, whom we were supposed to meet at the gate, missed the flight due to problems with their plane from Grand Rapids and will be arriving later today.

But anyway, we are finally here, and moved into our tiny apartment, which reminded me of a new complex that I once saw advertising "Euro-style" units. I guess that's supposed to sound chic, but in my experience, "Euro" anything means "small." Though I've already seen one Hummer on the streets of Stockholm. It takes balls to drive a Hummer when gas costs like $9 a gallon.

Our wifi won't be installed until Monday, so I'm using a random unsecured connection. Hope it holds! I have 70 new messages in my inbox to get through. Now you know why I can never take a vacation.

Thing I'm looking forward to the most so far: a Swedish production of my favorite musical, "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," at Stockholms stadsteater!

It's 4 PM now and I need to stay awake for at least 5 more hours so I can try to get accustomed to the local time. Wish me luck.

posted by 125records @ 6:39 AM

2 Comments:

At 8:26 PM, 2fs said…

Somehow, I knew you were circling somewhere overhead. I waved. Did you see me?
At 5:25 AM, 125records said…

We had an awesome view of the new construction going on at your house!