August 13, 2002
deluge
For some reason Ed's stay here was attended by incessant rain. On Saturday it was raining when we went to Andechs, raining when we got home 10 hours later, and raining the next morning when we woke up. Only this morning (Tuesday) on the way to the airport did the sun finally come out again (because Ed was leaving?).
The Isar was the highest I've ever seen it. Other cities with bigger rivers running through them (Passau, Dresden, Prague) are flooded. It's practically all you see on the news right now, these non-Venetian cities looking just like Venice.
Maybe the next time Ed tries to enter a European country, the ambassadors of every European nation, remembering well that fell weekend in August 2002, will turn out in full force to beg him to turn back for the love of god.
Posted by Alan at August 13, 2002 10:03 PM