Today was just another day, got up at the usual time and headed to office in my cycle. During the journey I realized there was much more sunlight than I had seen and experienced since many months. I even stopped and took away my gloves and felt very good :) , Wow I knew today was special.. those days of darkness and cold, are they really gone?? [I had a smile :) ]

After reaching office, I logged in twitter and tweeted:

“After 70 long days.. my hands are free.. No more wearing gloves.. I feel so relieved.. :) “

Soon I got a mail from our office receptionist saying “Its Waffle Day.. Please feel free to head to canteen and make your own Waffle.. the cream, ice cream, chocolate and all stuff is available in plenty.. Enjoy!! “. I din’t bother to worry about it. When we went out for lunch, we saw many people sitting near the canal which is usually fully frozen. They were just sitting there casually and enjoying the sunlight and hanging out. I even told Shailesh, “Guess this is beginning of Spring.. and now its going to be fun days ahead”.

Later during the day, our friends came and called for having waffles.. so we went made it and really enjoyed the taste of it. :)

Waffle preparation in progress

Sofia & Tobias making Waffles

Now I wanted to know more about waffles and waffle day in Sweden, hence started googling for it. And astonishingly this is what I read in a blog:

“International Waffle Day (March 25) originated in Sweden where it is called Våffeldagen. It occurs nine months to the day before Christmas – the day the Archangel Gabriel told the Virgin Mary that she was pregnant. As the holiday progressed, it also began to commemorate the first day of spring. Waffles come into play because on March 25th the women of Sweden would set aside their winter tasks like chopping wood and knitting, and began their spring tasks… the most notable of which was preparing waffles.”

Source: http://www.mrbreakfast.com/article.asp?articleid=19

Now, that was really amazing to know, I had no clue whatsoever about this. But we still felt today like Spring was finally here, its really mind blowing to see how such historical anecdotes fall perfectly in place with nature. I mean, why exactly Mar 25.. the 1st day of season.. Why not Mar 26th or the 24th.. :) And interestingly its exactly 9 months before Christmas.

Yet another situation where “Nature” is in perfect synchronization..:) What started of as a very ordinary day, ended up in some amazing waffles and even amazing Spring season.