Today is Valborgsmässoafton, the welcoming of the spring. And what welcoming it gets in the nordic country of Sweden. Guys you have been out partying the whole night yesterday, and today you are keeping the %level up all day out in parks all over the country. And you all gather in the huge student cities, spraying sparkling all over eachother. People light huge fires and sing songs about the new season. Hello spring. The return of the sun. Worth celebrating!
Here the seasons are few. There is summer. And then there is three months of rainy'coldish.
No wonder people don't feel guilty for having lunch indoors. Or staying in watching a movie on a sunny day. Back at home its a crime staying in while the sun is out. I do feel terribly guilty for sleeping in on a sunny saturday. Today I played tennis with the sun making me blind for the whole hour just to not play on the shady side. I am so swedish. As soon as the sun shines and the spring is around the corner, the whole country just rushes out. People fill up the parks, steps and stairs, the sidewalks get full of people outside resaturants, eating with four layers of clothes and huge jackets on. But the sun is out. So is the people. And the happiness. It's like the energy just found its way back into people's mind.
Stay happy amigos. The sun is back, spring is here and the country just woke up from way too many months of hibernating.
Sun is out. So are we. Smile.
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