Oh, I see you live in Holland now. Are you enjoying it more than Norway?
I've talked a lot about this in the past and I don't want to sound disparaging and give Trondheim/Norway a bad name, cause it's not a bad place. But it's hard to express what's "wrong" with it.
It's "in the wrong place" if you will. Too isolated, to shut down from outside influence, the people are too consumed in their own country and city. And that to me is depressing, because I like to live in a place where it feels like things are happening, and I like feeling in touch with "the world" so to speak.
And Holland IS that kind of place. The diversity here is so much greater, the country is still very Dutch, but you have so much more outside influence if you *want to* be receptive to it. And you really feel that you're *in* Europe when you live here, as opposed to Norway.
Yeah, that's a good point. I have noticed myself and many others who have had these high hopes about places and things and end up getting disappointed. But the thing is that I also fear I will be more disappointed if I don't do it. I've enjoyed my time and the people I've met in USA so much that I think there's no better place for me.
As I see it now I cant see how I would be disappointed if I make it to New York or Seattle. I love big towns, the climate is good and that's the place where I can find both work and do my interests.
I think in your case, as well as mine, there's no choice, you have to try it and find out for yourself. Otherwise you just end up thinking about it for years, which I did before I finally got a chance to go myself. If you end up disappointed, then well that's that, but if you really want it so much that you think about it for years, I think nothing good can come from staying home and wondering.
In my experience, it will never be what you think it will be. It's always different. Maybe in a good way, maybe not. But the image in your mind is a fantasy that you enjoy, and it's not real. For my sake, Holland turned out to be a good choice, maybe the best choice I could have made when I consider the countries in this region. And I'm adapting still, but in many ways things are "right" here.