Stockholm!

I guess the weather wasn't very good when we were there - it was cold and rainy, but we did have one very good snowy day with big snowflakes which were just beautiful.  And even when it was raining, sometimes you could see snow mixed in with the rain.  We just loved it and it was all part of how we thought Stockholm was going to be anyway, so it fit perfectly.
Guillermo and I arrived in Stockholm around 3 in the afternoon on December 16th and we hung around the airport waiting for Fernando's flight which was due to arrive at 6:05.  We got a little something to eat in a cafe, visited the information center and got maps.  When Fernando's flight finally appeared on the arrivals board, it showed that it wouldn't be arriving until 6:50 pm.  It was starting to get worrisome because we had planned ahead of time with Fernando to leave the airport at 7 so that we could get to the apartment we were renting during the agreed-upon time with the landlord of between 7 and 8.
Guillermo at one point thought that he had seen on the board a change in the arrival terminal so I walked all the way over to that terminal to check on it while he stayed with our stuff.  Turned out to not be true.  We decided it'd be good if we could talk to someone in customs or immigration about our visas so we asked a policeman where that would be.  While talking with him, he told us that all flights into and out of Stockholm had either been cancelled or delayed because the runway lights had gone out, which explained why there was so much red on the arrival board of each flight.  So, we got even MORE concerned about Fernando's flight.  But then we noticed that his flight was still active, but that it was going to arrive even later - 7:25.  So, we decided we'd best get on our way to the apartment.  We started getting ready to go and checked the board one more time before heading to a taxi.  We could not believe that the board now said his plane would be arriving at 6:55!  We were starting to wonder if the board was going crazy, but we thought we'd take a chance and wait.  When we looked at it just a few minutes later, the board said his plane was approaching the airport!!!  This was right at about 6:55.  So we for sure now wanted to take the chance that he'd land and get out of that plane and get his luggage by 7:30 and that would give us enough time to get to the apartment.
It was a big chance we were taking and we were just on pins and needles waiting at the exit for him to come a round the corner.  But sure enough, at about 7:24, he appeared and he was shocked to see us still there.  We gave quick hugs and then raced to get a taxi.  The taxi got us to the apartment at about 8:02.
There was no one there at the apartment so we placed all our luggage along the sidewalk and wondered what to do.  We asked the taxi driver if he had a cell phone to call the landlord and he did so he called the number we gave him.  Strangely enough, the landlord was just pulling up as the taxi driver was talking to him.
So absolutely everything worked out.  We got into the nice warm apartment, Fernando was with us and everything was just fine.  The next post is when I started taking pictures, so no pictures on this day.