The weather here in Italy is completely unpredictable! When we woke up this morning, the sun was shining and we went as planned to Linate airport in Milan to pick up Billie's cousin Pontus. Later there was a storm with hail ...
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ShareChallenges along the way
A lot of challenges along the way in the form of the GPS sometimes telling you to turn only the second you are supposed to ... yes, turn. And when you make a wrong turn, not only is it difficult to get back, you often have to pass the toll booths an extra time as a bonus.
There was also a queue at one of the pay stations because they had to pay at a machine and it took a long time for many people to pay. Italians don't like to wait, and when the poor guy at the front of the queue is sweating trying to understand the payment machine, everyone hangs back on the horn ... It's so much easier that way, isn't it?
hail
At least it was no problem to pick up Pontus, and when we finally got back to the campsite it was finally time to get into the pool! We swam and sunbathed for a while and then came ... the hail! None of us have ever seen such huge hailstones before, almost like golf balls!
The neighbours shielded themselves from the hail with their outdoor furniture and people gathered the hail in piles and took pictures. A few minutes later it started ... blowing. And when it blows here, it doesn't blow a little. It blows so hard that the tents fold and the outdoor furniture is blown away. And then ... it became sunny again.
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reto zwahlen says:
yes it was a good storm. we have two holes in our tent.
have a good trip your swiss neighbour.
17 July 2009 - 21:25
admin says:
Yes it was! We have never seen anything like that! We hope that you are having a nice holiday (and no rain in your tent)!
21 July 2009 - 16:29
forzaKGB says:
We also experienced this hailstorm, we were parked (with caravan) at La Quercia at Lazise, Garda. The caravan is quite lumpy on the roof and the car is bumpy too. In any case, it was pretty cool to stand in the awning and check out the storm 🙂.
03 August 2009 - 14:34