Later this year, I am taking a trip with friends. Travelling with friends is always great fun. I have done it several times in the past and, on many occasions, with the very same friends I am taking this trip with too. We are heading to Stockholm, capital city of the sickeningly beautiful Swedes! It was my idea; having read a bit about the Scandinavian city recently and further fuelled by the availability of some reasonably priced flights from my local airport. So, how could I pass this great travel opportunity up?!
The thing is...I am worried that I am going to find this trip difficult. Pretty much all of my trips since the summer of 2010 have been solo affairs. I have gotten used to a certain way of travelling. It has become habit for me to follow my own whim, eat what I want, when I want, where I want and at the price I want to pay too. I see the attractions and sights I want to see, at my own pace, in my own gloriously selfish way. And, there is the rub...me, me, me! All my recent trips have been about me. In Stockholm, I will have to defer to the group and what they want to do. As I see it, I am bound by another way of deciding how I should enjoy Stockholm; the majority vote, common sense or the will of a raving madman is likely determine how I experience the home of ABBA! Or will the trauma induced from having let the reins pass to other people, lead me to empathise with my travel 'captors' and thank them for showing me a side to travel I am not that used to; endearing me to my captors just like the psychological phenomenon named after this fair city. I'll let you know sometime around the end of April! I have a feeling it will be all 'bra'!
Adjö och säkra resor!
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