Alphabe Thursday U is for Umbrella

When one comes to Brazil and the home of the tropical rain storm, one cannot expect less than much heavy rain. However it doesn’t always require the use of a raincoat; in fact one feels not only out of place but also uncomfortable wearing one.  

Also rain is ‘expected’ I am not sure how.  In Britain we know rain comes whether it is forecast or not; but we are never prepared for a change of weather no matter what.

While I was in Brazil I learned that even my daughter a resident for a very few years can decide the need for an umbrella with an uncanny accuracy.

So it is the collapsible brolly that comes out immediately after applying the sun protection …

So while no unwitting Carioca will be seen in the rain without an umbrella; there is a time and a place when a hapless tourist finds himself without.  These three umbrellas hung in an open air cafe in Saint Teresa, will be used if the rain falls and it does without warning accept of course to those who are in the know!