I’ll show you what I mean whenI grouse a bit about the weather, and this is after a Monday night storm, and a wet, grey, windy Tuesday and Wednesday. Here is the next few days’ forecast from Weather Underground: So today is probably going to be a Museum Day, and we’re also planning to head to the oyster bar at Marché des Capucins for lunch and to pick up some goodies. It’s all covered!
Thursday
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Overcast with thunderstorms, then rain in the afternoon. Fog early. High of 17C. Breezy. Winds from the South at 15 to 25 km/h shifting to the WSW in the afternoon. Chance of rain 90% with rainfall amounts near 5.8 mm possible. |
Thursday Night
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Overcast with a chance of rain. Low of 13C. Winds from the SW at 5 to 15 km/h. Chance of rain 30%. |
Friday
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Overcast with a chance of rain. High of 19C. Breezy. Winds from the SW at 10 to 20 km/h. Chance of rain 60%. |
Friday Night
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Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the evening, then overcast. Low of 13C. Winds from the WSW at 5 to 15 km/h. |
Saturday
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Overcast in the morning, then mostly cloudy. High of 20C. Breezy. Winds from the WSW at 10 to 20 km/h. |
Saturday Night
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Overcast. Low of 14C. Winds from the West at 10 |
Looks like you're having a good time in spite of the meteorological conditions! The weather in Europe this year has been very unpredictable – it's been terrible in London too. But a museum day is always a good idea.
We did have three lovely warm days on the weekend. And I have a very good mystery to hunker down with, and a big pot of tea . . .
I have no words! It's dreadful, dreadful weather.
Crazy today, wasn't it?!
It's been thoroughly lousy in Spain, too, especially in the north. We're talking flooding at levels unseen in the last 30 years or so, houses and roads washed away. Which of course has nothing to do with climate change!
Sending you a little virtual sunshine from Madrid, where today it's 21 degrees and blue skies. (Yesterday was 15 and rainy. Yug.)
Enjoy the museum day!
We actually ditched even the museum idea today for a prolonged lunch at a brasserie 'round the corner and an afternoon of reading and tea. . . Yug indeed!
Did you see the pictures of Lourdes? Weather has been an issue this year in Europe.We get to practise resilience and acceptance. How's that for a different outlook? I must say that museums are definitely where to be this week according to your forecast.
I do try to keep a sense of perspective. Looking at the rain absolutely pelting down today — comme vache qui pisse! — it was easy to see how important a really effective sewer infrastructure would be given the densities of a European city . .
Oh dear, it is awful, isn't it! We usually visit France in October, when rain is to be expected (I remember one unforgettably miserable afternoon exploring Cathar castles in a torrential downpour) and your recipe of a good lunch followed by an afternoon in with a good book is usually ours. It will improve next week I hope, and at least you're renting a house – being cooped up in a small hotel room on a wet day is not funny! Incidentally, loved that term you used yesterday – mal packe. Real French or franglais?
Rosemary
Yes, those rainy afternoons really stick in the memory, don't they?! A young man who came into the brasserie we ended up in had absolutely soaking wet jeans just plastered to his legs.
And yes, Franglais, but it works, n'est-ce pas?
When I was there, the weather was also horrible. INSANELY BAD. I think that city might just get lots of horrible weather. But that's totally unfair to pull it out when you're on hols.
I know! Someone should have consulted the guest list and upped their game! 😉
We've had fabulous weather here in the past, btw. . .