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barca
28th July 2006, 04:42 PM
Just returned from a trip to Barcelona - 43 degrees and rising, 50 degrees en el Metro . Anyone else suffered in Spain this summer? What did you do to survive? Do you have stories of the canicula? Tell all.......Horchata is a brilliant way to stay cooooooool, especially if granizado. What did you do to escape the heat? Maybe a TOP 5 coming on here Ben!
Alan
28th July 2006, 05:02 PM
I made sure I always had a litre of water!
Brian
30th July 2006, 07:13 AM
Just returned from a trip to Barcelona - 43 degrees and rising, 50 degrees en el Metro . Anyone else suffered in Spain this summer? What did you do to survive? Do you have stories of the canicula? Tell all.......Horchata is a brilliant way to stay cooooooool, especially if granizado. What did you do to escape the heat? Maybe a TOP 5 coming on here Ben!

Haven't been to Spain this summer, but I remember 2 summers ago, escaping the heat of the day by pulling down the persianas at 8:00 AM to keep the hot air out, then opening them up again all night to cool off the oven/house.

Horchata granizado is a fantastic way to cool off! I'm also partial to the granizado de limón.

We also cooled off during the day by driving up into the mountains just at the edge of the ocean. It was literally 10-15 degrees cooler, with a nice ocean breeze continually blowing. Heaven on earth.
ValenciaSon
30th July 2006, 01:31 PM
I remember once in August it was a hot summer in Valencia. How we escaped it? Well we didn't, not until we flew back to New York.:rolleyes:
ValenciaSon
30th July 2006, 02:11 PM
What is a canicula?
barca
31st July 2006, 10:44 AM
La canicula (la canicule in French) is the term used to describe an unusually hot wave of weather which melts everyone's brain and causes people to dehydrate, shrivel up and dream of winter snow storms.
Edith
31st July 2006, 11:56 AM
La canicula (la canicule in French) is the term used to describe an unusually hot wave of weather which melts everyone's brain and causes people to dehydrate, shrivel up and dream of winter snow storms.

The doldrums?
missmarymackmackmack
31st July 2006, 02:01 PM
Barcelona is hot, hot, hot.
What makes it worse is that it seems like I am the only guy that has to wear a suit to work. There is nothing more disgusting than sweating through a suit... especially when everyone else is in shorts.

Today is not as hot, but twice as humid as it has been.
greytop
31st July 2006, 03:44 PM
La canicula (la canicule in French) is the term used to describe an unusually hot wave of weather which melts everyone's brain and causes people to dehydrate, shrivel up and dream of winter snow storms.

Un ola de calor (o de frío en invierno)
Edith
31st July 2006, 05:43 PM
Barcelona is hot, hot, hot.
What makes it worse is that it seems like I am the only guy that has to wear a suit to work. There is nothing more disgusting than sweating through a suit... especially when everyone else is in shorts.

Today is not as hot, but twice as humid as it has been.

That's why men wear guayaberas instead of suits in places like Cuba, the Philippines and Yucatán. It's their Sunday best.


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ValenciaSon
1st August 2006, 01:26 AM
Puerto Ricans also wear guayaberas frequently. I had one and they are comfortable.
Brian
1st August 2006, 01:30 AM
Puerto Ricans also wear guayaberas frequently. I had one and they are comfortable.

Pues, que guay!
ValenciaSon
1st August 2006, 02:18 AM
Thanks, I think?:confused: