Rain in Udine

Rain in Udine, Recorded from My Panasonic Lumix bridge camera

Udine is a city where it can rain a lot. Typical weather here is cozy but humid most of the time.

Rain is an integral part of Udine, and you have to be prepared for it all the time. Warm hot day...and suddenly it can rain. Cold freezing winter.... here comes rains again. In fact I started getting compliments that I am becoming more as an Englishman in Italy, reason... I need to always carry umbrella with me.

I usually prefer cycling as my daily commute, but it is difficult to love cycling when you are drenched. Raincoat you say???? it will not help much here because it rains quite heavy.
I tried cycling with holding umbrella with one hand but it is quite risky I would say to do so, roads are slippery, traffic is there and you are at risk of loosing you balance.

For now my solution is to keep an extra pair of clothing at work, cycle in rain and change before you starting my work. 

But if it is not a work day, a beautiful weekend, chair in balcony, cup of warm tea (just like Englishman) and a platter of pakora (typical north Indian style) and you have to just sit and relax. The same chaotic rain that was looking like a fierce fighter, now looks like a rhythm of nature.

Watch the rain falling, water flowing like a blessing, each drop bringing cosmic energy to you, sound that may look like noise, can be felt like rhythm of nature if you pay attention. It feels like drops are talking to you, "Hi, relax, everything is gonna be OK. Things will work in their own way, stop stressing yourself, let the flow takes you to the destiny. You have done your best, prepare for next step, do the best you can, but don't stress. Stress changes nothing, takes away our present and burns us out. There is no need for this. Things have their own timeline. Every good thing takes time. It is coming to you, slowly, at its own speed."

Touch these rain drops, feel them, the coldness in them, look how they slide over the red spring leaves, how they tease each leaf one by one, jumping from one to other. Water is one of the five elements that your body is build up with (you are around 60% water). Recharge your soul and body with water element when it rains in your area. In fact it is raining right now in Udine.