tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99891795574451231.post3808363519390367012..comments2021-07-25T07:31:54.288-07:00Comments on Cormorant Council: Map of MoscowKormorantrådethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07232038146253579309noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99891795574451231.post-72254370692218941672010-01-26T11:52:20.027-08:002010-01-26T11:52:20.027-08:00I'm walking, in the afternoon, in a city I som...I'm walking, in the afternoon, in a city I somehow know is Helsinki and Stockholm merged together. There are Stockholmish characters, like inhabited islands readily accessible by bridges, but the place has retained more of the Helsinki atmosphere, with an addition of heavy industry and metropolis.<br />I'm going somewhere, but as I don't really know how to get there, I ask a municipal worker wearing a blue boiler suit. The worker explains I should head for a point inbetween the two bridges leading to the island to the southeast and southwest, respectively. The southwestern island he calls by a name (Furuholmen?) I know isn't right. While protesting – the island is called Bäckholmen, I went there last week – I reflect on the inappropriate name (roughly meaning Brook Islet). Apart from the island now being covered with buildings and macadam, it could hardly ever have produced a decent brook.<br />The worker, being responsible for road network maintenance, should know how to orientate here, and I'm not a native to the merged city. Nevertheless, I believe he must be mistaken, and decide not to follow the given directions.<br /><br />There seems to be a similarity between the municipal worker in the merged city and the tourist map in the Moscow dream. Both should be authorities but, apparently, are unreliable.<br />/ IÖAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com