On arrival at our little 2 bedroom house in Canareggio - Casa Batello - ( Canarregio a residential |"sestiere" of Venice about 45 minutes walk from St Marks square) ,
see here for details : http://www.visitvenice.co.uk/holiday-home/
this is the small canal (rio de batello) a few metres from the front door:
we decided to wander to the supermarket for milk and bread etc. We got to the approximate area and the heavy grey clouds started to gather and big drops of rain started to fall. Couldn't find supermarket and then the rain became torrential so we sheltered (all wearing summer clothes) under a closed kiosk overhang, very picturesque view, we stayed there for about 45 minutes while a spectacular thunderstorm raged right overhead, never known anything like it! anyway the rain eased and we had another go at finding supermarket, successful this time. Lucky the rain was warm! Quite glad to get back to "our" house which is very comfortable.
torrential rain not really showing in last 3 pix
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