Rain

We’ve had 3 storms since we moved here. The cool thing about being up on a hill that overlooks the water is that we can watch the storms move. The clouds are easy to see no matter where you are but when you look out over the water you can see exactly where it’s raining. The amazing thing is there is never a light drizzle or a steady slow stream. All you get is a sheet of water that blankets every thing, blocking out even Lokrum, which is a huge island that’s only a 5min kayak away. The worst one we had so far was October 13^th in which there were torrential downpours, hail and quite a lot of thunder and lightning. The lightning actually struck part of the monastery and because there where no surge protectors the computers, phones and Internet where out for 4-5 days. Here are some of the storms we had and the pictures I took. The best was the one during sunset so the rain is golden orange and you can see it really well.

October 13^th that grayish blob to the left is a huge island

 This is Old Town and the harbor.

 Which usually looks like this...

October 8^th A rain storm at sunset.

Sometimes the rains get so bad that the stairs turn into waterfalls, the streets look like rivers and if your not careful you can get washed away. Don’t believe me here watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILuDIi95djY

That was the Stradun, my grocery store and bakery (the building with the umbrella lady gets washed into), but I think the nun was a nice touch. P.S. She’s standing at Ploče gate and looking at the street I wave to walk across to get home.