Just when I'm about to break my cycle of laziness and leave on a tour, it starts to chuck it down. And I mean, really chuck it down! I speak to the guy I arranged the tour with and agree to do the tour when the rain stops. This level of commitment is not great, however, because as I sit in the restaurant and watch the rain falling into the sea, I suddenly realise I really want to go into the sea but I know that as soon as I do that, it will stop raining and I will have to leave for the tour. While I'm waiting, the lovely waiter shows me an English phrase that he has seen in a newspaper and needs explaining. By the time we get through the phrase, the rain
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