Raining in Stockholm...

My flight back from Kiruna was delayed by 2 hours yesterday, for which, Scandinavian Air gave all the passengers 100 kronur ($20) in vouchers to use in the airport cafes or on the plane for food, which was a welcome change from Qantas and Virgin's "your plane is late, deal with it".

Unfortunately, the 2 hour delay meant that instead of arriving at 4pm into Stockholm, I arrived at 6pm, when it was dark and pouring down rain. The hostel I stayed at was what I imagine College would have been like - I haven't seen that many drunk 18 and 19 year olds since the Dome was closed down.

I posted a bunch of stuff back to Australia - clothes I didn't need, souvenirs and my sleeping bag - 5kg all up for less than $100. I was impressed. It's been 4 degrees and raining (occasionally hailing, and there's a pile of melting snow in the main square) all day, so I decided not to visit the Open Air Museum, and, with my bag now being half empty, I had to find something to fill up all the space, so I hit the shops. Stockholm has excellent clothes stores, and for some reason, it's cheap by Australian standards, so I bought a new outfit for work.

4 hours until my flight to Berlin and I'm killing time. I might catch the bus to the airport early and see if there are any good bookstores there - I've been having real trouble here.