Time to go home. Manchester here I come

I intended to go into the centre of Stockholm to see the changing of the guard at the Royal Palace, which apparently involves playing Abba music ,as well as going to IKEA in the centre for meatballs 😀...I have seen ikea in passing on the bus ,so that will have to do for now.
However I didn't make it ,so il simply have to go back to Stockholm one day !
I took the train to the airport and went to the Global blue counter with my purchase from the Samsonite shop in Helsinki..to get a tax refund....Getting this refund hasn't been straightforward!...In Helsinki, the Global blue counter wouldn't do it as I was going to another EU country and the Stockholm Global blue wouldn't do it until id gone to their customs office to get the form stamped (because id brought the goods from another EU country !🤦‍♀️) At the customs office i had to ring on a phone and was told someone would come, so I expected to wait and someone would arrive..but i was taken aback that a screen slid back and a female customs officer suddenly appeared....I want to giggle but didn't dare she looked a bit grim!😅..Form.signed ,refund authorised, I was finally able to use my Samsonite backpack purchase .It had been in a carrier with tape on saying do not use / open in the EU....I did check with Customs 1st !
Irrationally I've always wanted to fly with SAS airline and today I have my chance ...Very comfy seats....good job as we were stuck on the airfield for 30mins unable to set off as the weather was bad over the North sea and there were too many planes which air traffic control were trying to thin out.
I have to comment that the clouds were sooo fluffy looking this evening ..( worrying observation!😅)
Matthew collected me from the airport which was nice as travel/ transfer days are often long days
So Im back in Manchester 🤪...for now....until the next one..
I can't wait ! 🛫🛫🛫🛫
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