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Showing posts with label Venice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Venice. Show all posts

Friday, 14 April 2017

HAPPY EASTER - NEVER MIND THE SUN (IT EVEN RAINS IN VENICE)


If the sun doesn't shine on you this EASTER  weekend, or you can't get away, pour yourself a cup of tea or a glass of wine, and read a novel. Reading can take you anywhere you want to be, so settle down and enjoy the trip.
And remember -  it even rains in Venice!




Nice, France

Guernsey, Channel Islands

Lake Garda, Italy

Lake Garda, Italy

Venice in the rain

Red Arrows in the Guernsey sky

Have tea, will  travel

Monday, 13 June 2016

Here today - 'gondola' tomorrow. Long may it rain.





Photo courtesy of the Guardian
This delightful photo from today's Guardian newspaper sums up everything there is to know
about the Great British attitude to the weather.
Only in this country could we organise an outdoor party for more than ten thousand people, cross our fingers and hope it wouldn't rain.  But rain it did.  And, right on cue, everyone donned free waterproof ponchos ( umbrellas were banned for security reasons.)
The party was not over. The people showed their support for their sovereign, despite the dark skies.
And everyone, including Her Majesty, was happy.


On a recent day trip to Venice I was amused to see that it rained there, too. The gondoliers decided to down paddles, take a rest and, within seconds, everyone  had run indoors.


That's me with the camera!



Where's the mop and bucket?





Dark clouds over Venice



I wonder who got it right?