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Sunday, June 8, 2025

No Rain in Spain, But England, Enjoys Rain Everywhere, Mary Poppins Umbrella Statue, Umbrella Shops & Umbrella Repair

 I don't know about rain in Spain on the plain. But I get rain wverywhere. Rain fals and makes trees and grass grow. So you get rain and wonderful scenery and waterfalls aon the side of the mountains with the most rain. So there's rain in Ireland, the Emerald Isle. Rain in the Lake District of England. Rain in Wales - hence the book title How green was my valley. Sunny places may be sandy, although you get plam trees on beaches offering welcoming shade (They dangerously drop coconut as they get larger in the season). Also cork trees in Portugal.

London is also Green, hence Green Park near Buckingham Palace. In London you will find umbrellas sold everywhere, in department stores, supermarkets, popular shops.

People come to London to buy umbrellas and get umbrellas repaired at the James Smith shop. 

In leafy London on a sunny day you can photograph the statue of Mary Poppins with her umbrella in a green corner of Leicester Square.

Mary poppins Statue, Leicester Square London. From Wikipedia.


Singapore Shopping Sheltering Rain-free

In Singapore you can buy umbrellas. It tends to rain in the afternoon. All day in rainy season. To escape the rain, when it's hard to get a taxi, yuo can go into the underground streets of shops along Orchard road from Orchard station in the centre, as far as Somerset station. You can walk along Basement one or Basement two. See the fountains at Basement level under the Ngee Ann city building containg Japanese Takshimaya department store.

Or take the train to Little India where you can spend all day in the multi storey Mustafas' department store which is open 24 hours and sells everything from umbrellas and suitcases to food, clothes for all seasons and all sizes and gold jewellery.

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