The Airportline: Observations

Airportline went to Sweden. Took a SAS flight to Stockholm. It was all very quiet, people don't talk too much when going to Sweden. The flight next to us was going to Budapest. But it souded like they were going to a Carneval. Maybe its all the spicy sausage they have over there. When we descended towards Stockholm, breaking through the thick clouds everything was brown and gray. This is the color of Sweden I thought. But today, after watching a great stand up show with the linguist and academic Frdrik Lindström at Norra Brunn last night, I took a walk around Vasastan/Östermalm in the sunshine and saw Swden from a much nicer view. It's still cool and quiet and everyone is wearing black and gray, as if it was some kind of Swedish Uniform, but the trees are yellow and red to make up for the loss of color among the people. I understand the news bulletins (have not decided if this is good or not) and yesterday while waiting for my friend to get some food I understood what the crazy old man who spoke to me said. That never happens in Amsterdam. Not the crazy people talking to me part, but the me understanding them part.