Saturday, June 21, 2008

A little Swedish thunderstorm

When we were to leave the island today for Dalarö, another island in the south of the archipelago where we're staying the remainder of our visit to Sweden this summer, we got caught in a sudden, very local thunderstorm. The flashes were hitting around us, the thunder was roaring and the heavy rain and hale were pounding.

Too bad we were in a little boat with four suitcases and lots of other packing (some in paper bags...) and got two, totally hysterical kids that have never experienced a little summer thunderstorm in the archipelago before. You could see the edges of the dark cloud and the clear blue sky around it and the storm only lasted for about 30 minutes.

Enough to soak us completely, as well as all our luggage... and the wet and cold Daughter stated clearly that she wanted to go back to California...

Too bad we didn't think of taking pictures, because it sure was an adventure. You just have to imagine four totally soaked persons and a huge, wet pile of luggage...

2 comments:

Anna, Fair and True said...

Haha, yeah, we wish you had taken a picture! But good to hear you made it through safely!

JaCal said...

Anna - I so wished we had taken a picture - if nothing else on the cloud... oh, well. It sure will be a very vivid memory...