Today was a Monday like any other… Until I turned on my mobile and read “it rains all week”. Normally my life didn’t change so much when it rained. Although I remember when I lived in the United Kingdom how surprised many Spaniards were when it rained and everything went on «the English go as usual» «with umbrellas everywhere» From that time I had never lived in the Mediterranean and I did not know how lucky I was it was from having lived in relatively rainy places.

This week my plans to do horseback riding have been screwed up. The communication of “it’s going to rain” has been borderline and abrupt. A disappointment first thing in the morning… The message made me imagine terrible storms. At the moment it seems that there will be 4 drops and light rains.

The rain in Valencia, during the cold drop, is really annoying. It’s hot, everything is flooded, downpours fall that leave you soaked in seconds and overwhelmed by humidity. However, we are in a spring of cloudy days and light rains. You can walk with an umbrella without wind, and if you don’t take it, nothing happens because there is no hail or acid falling from the sky… This is being an unusual year of rain. But in Valencia capital they have not adapted, so accustomed to its yellow sun that people turn off and do not want to do things. . . Even f…

But what is this about being so sad about the rain? We do not have plenty of water on this earth. It is a gift to have the most colorful gardens and orchards.