A little rain must fall...

Today has been a very lazy day spent by the pool with the intention of staying put. Yesterday we bought two cooked chickens, a Caesar salad and some potatoes to make a meal at the villa, to try and recoup some of the money that we spent in the Keys!

We have certainly found things a lot more expensive this holiday. It could well be down to the exchange rate, but we have been astonished at how dear things are in the supermarket. I've already mentioned shampoo, but the packs of beer than Keith buys are about $10 for six small bottles and they can disappear pretty quickly!

In the afternoon, the sky clouded over and we could see that a storm was heading our way. Mike had found an inflatable dolphin/whale? in the garage and everyone had been jumping on it all afternoon and causing much hilarity.

Before it got really bad...

Of course, Mike (being Mike) stayed in the pool while the lightening and thunder were raging until it really was time to get out. We all retreated to the sheltered part of the terrace and watched nature in all her fury! The rain came down in torrents and some of the thunderclaps were unbelievably loud and violent. The rain was so heavy we couldn't see the houses on the other side of the lake! Little, tiny frogs came up from the row of drainage holes that run along the length of the terrace and they hopped about like mad!

Eventually it died away but we all agreed it rivalled the last storm we witnessed in Bradenton. Afterwards, everything felt really clammy and damp and it certainly hadn't cleared the air like we thought it would.

We had a very enjoyable dinner in the evening and then we were treated to a gorgeous sunset of pinks, mauves and reds. Stunning!