The days have been rather cold the past few days. It's been on average -4C but would be colder when it's windy. Today was still the same. But this morning the sun shone nice and bright. I love it when it's sunny in winter, especially when there's snow on the ground and everywhere. It really is beautiful.
Rather than to stay indoors, it was the perfect day for a walk. We bundled up tightly in our layers. I even had to put on one of Pete's old jackets since mine is a bit short. It's a bit too big for me, but hey, at least I won't freeze my butt off.
When we got outside, the wind was blowing. It wasn't too windy but you can feel the cold air being gently blown at your face. It was cold but with the wind on our faces, we got really cold. But the beauty of the view sort of took our attention away from the cold.
We walked towards a mall just outside of town. It wasn't too far, about 3km away from where we live. So since the day was nice and sunny, we walked. We took a scenic route, along small streets row and rows of cute, cosy looking houses. The snow on the roofs look exactly like the roof of my gingerbread house when I sprinkled icing sugar on it. As we walked, I tried to sneak peeks through the windows. I am very curious to see how the inside of the houses look like. I imagine they would be filled with furniture from Ikea. I could see that at least their curtains were mostly from there.
Anyway, about 20 minutes into the walk, I started to get really hungry. I was getting light-headed and I knew I had to eat. And soon. Breakfast was more than 3 hours ago so I was really starving. I guess walking in the cold makes me got hungry even faster. It didn't help that we were deep in the residential area. The mall seemed so much further that what I had energy for. It didn't help that when we were walking past some houses, we could smell something so delicious, so Swedish. Cinnamon rolls! Some one's baking them! I could smell them! That made me hungrier.
Luckily, we weren't too far away. When we got inside the restaurant, the first thing I ordered was hot chocolate. That appeased my tummy for a bit. When our meals came, we took no time to finish it all. We got very stuffed from our lunch so we had to take another walk. This time, walking inside the mall was so much more comfortable.
It is really great that Sundays have been nice and sunny. That makes it so much more enticing to get out and just enjoy the scenery. On our walk, we also saw many other people taking walks too. Kids were also out to play in the snow or go sledding down the many slopes around the area. The mall was crowded too, though not at all to the same extend of the crowd in Orchard Road back home. In all, the past few Sundays have been great for families to spend time outdoors.
Once we got home, though, we had to keep warm. We opened the windows to air out the apartment before we went on our walk. It was really cold inside when we got home but I wanted to bake something for fika later. What else if not Cinnamon rolls. I had a craving for them since I smelled them this afternoon. The only thing is that the apartment is too cold for the dough to rise properly. It's taking longer since it's so cold. The yeast needs warmth to grow so I have to be more patient to let the dough rise enough before I can bake it. No matter how long I have to wait, I am going to have cinnamon rolls today.
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