Flash Flooding Sweeps Vehicles Along Spanish Streets

[Arthur Little]

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34190242

Hmm ... who was it said, "the rain in Spain falls MAINLY in/on the plain"?

[Trefor]

Once it has fallen on the plain it needs to head downhill...

[Iani]

I know people who have LOST tans in the Balearic Islands. People seem to think the likes of Majorca are some sort of sun guaranteed place, but this is far from the truth, the weather is unpredictable.
I've been to Menorca in August and had a miserable week, we even had a twister over the bay, flooding, black skies etc.

Want guaranteed sun, go to Greece or Cyprus. Then again - sun isn't everything.

[johncar54]

Once it has fallen on the plain it needs to head downhill...

Did you know that the phrase The Rain in Spain Stays Mainly on the Plain in the Spanish version is: La lluvia en Sevilla es Una Maravilla. That is "Rain in Seville is wonderful"

And Spanish rain falls mainly in the northern mountains, but that does not rhyme !

On Costa Del Sol we have had a lot a of rain. Well to be more precise we had a lot of rain last Monday, but was the first rain for a few months.

PS

Afrikaans: "Die Spaanse maan het in sy baan gaan staan"
Arabic: "سيدتي الجميلة: أنت القلب الكبير..أنت نعمة وإحسان..بنعمتك تختال علينا "
Chinese: "西班牙的雨大多數落在平原上"
Czech: "Déšť dští ve Španělsku zvlášť tam kde je pláň"
Danish: "En snegl på vejen er tegn på regn i Spanien"
Dutch (Version 1 and 3): "Het Spaanse graan heeft de orkaan doorstaan"
Dutch (Version 2): "De franje in Spanje is meestal niet oranje"
Estonian: "Hispaanias on hirmsad vihmahood"
Finnish (Version 1): "Vie fiestaan hienon miekkamiehen tie"
Finnish (Version 2): "En säiden tähden lähde Madridiin"
French: "Le ciel serein d'Espagne est sans embrun"
French (Quebec) : "La plaine madrilène plait à la reine"
German: "Es grünt so grün, wenn Spaniens Blüten blühen"
German: "Es blüht so grün, wie Blüten blüh'n im Frühling"
Hebrew: "ברד ירד בדרום ספרד הערב" ("Barad yarad bidrom sfarad haerev": Hail fell in southern Spain this evening.)[5]
Hungarian (Version 1): "Lenn délen édes éjen édent remélsz"[6]
Hungarian (Version 2): "Hispánián át nyári zápor szitál"
Icelandic (Version 1): "Á Spáni hundur lá við lund á grund"
Icelandic (Version 2): "Á Spáni er til að bili þil í byl"
Italian (original performance on stage): "In Spagna s'è bagnata la campagna"
Italian (film version): "La rana in Spagna gracida in campagna"
Italian (later performances on stage): "La pioggia in Spagna bagna la campagna"
Japanese: "スペインの雨は主に平野に降る。"
Korean: "스페인 평원에 비가 내려요"
Marathi: "Ti Phularaani"
Norwegian (Version 1): "Det gol og mol i solen en spanjol"
Norwegian (Version 2): "De spanske land har alltid manglet vann"
Persian: "باران در سپاین می بارد فراوان"
Polish: "W Hiszpanii mży, gdy dżdżyste przyjdą dni"
Portuguese (Version 1): "O rei de Roma ruma a Madrid"
Portuguese (Version 2): "Atrás do trem as tropas vem trotando"
Russian (Version 1): "Того и жди, пойдут в Испании дожди" ("Tovo i zhdi, poydut v Ispanii dozhdi")
Russian (Version 2 "В Севилье град крупнее, говорят" ("F Sevilye grat krupneye, govaryat")
Spanish (Mexico 1959) "El rey que hay en Madrid se fue a Aranjuez"
Spanish (Film version): "La lluvia en Sevilla es una pura maravilla"
Spanish (Spain 1982): "El juez jugó en Jerez al ajedrez"
Spanish (Spain 2001): "La lluvia en España bellos valles baña"
Spanish (Mexico 2002) "Un ardid urdió el bardo en Madrid"
Swedish: "Den spanska räven rev en annan räv"
Swedish (version 2): "Nederbörden och skörden" ("All nederbörd förstörde körsbärsskörden")
Turkish: "İspanya’da yağmur, her yer çamur"
Ukrainian: "Дощі в Афінах частіше йдуть в долинах" ("Doshchi v Afinah chastishe jdut' v dolynah")

[Michael Parnham]

Did you know that the phrase The Rain in Spain Stays Mainly on the Plain in the Spanish version is: La lluvia en Sevilla es Una Maravilla. That is "Rain in Seville is wonderful"

And Spanish rain falls mainly in the northern mountains, but that does not rhyme !

On Costa Del Sol we have had a lot a of rain. Well to be more precise we had a lot of rain last Monday, but was the first rain for a few months.

PS

Afrikaans: "Die Spaanse maan het in sy baan gaan staan"
Arabic: "سيدتي الجميلة: أنت القلب الكبير..أنت نعمة وإحسان..بنعمتك تختال علينا "
Chinese: "西班牙的雨大多數落在平原上"
Czech: "Déšť dští ve Španělsku zvlášť tam kde je pláň"
Danish: "En snegl på vejen er tegn på regn i Spanien"
Dutch (Version 1 and 3): "Het Spaanse graan heeft de orkaan doorstaan"
Dutch (Version 2): "De franje in Spanje is meestal niet oranje"
Estonian: "Hispaanias on hirmsad vihmahood"
Finnish (Version 1): "Vie fiestaan hienon miekkamiehen tie"
Finnish (Version 2): "En säiden tähden lähde Madridiin"
French: "Le ciel serein d'Espagne est sans embrun"
French (Quebec) : "La plaine madrilène plait à la reine"
German: "Es grünt so grün, wenn Spaniens Blüten blühen"
German: "Es blüht so grün, wie Blüten blüh'n im Frühling"
Hebrew: "ברד ירד בדרום ספרד הערב" ("Barad yarad bidrom sfarad haerev": Hail fell in southern Spain this evening.)[5]
Hungarian (Version 1): "Lenn délen édes éjen édent remélsz"[6]
Hungarian (Version 2): "Hispánián át nyári zápor szitál"
Icelandic (Version 1): "Á Spáni hundur lá við lund á grund"
Icelandic (Version 2): "Á Spáni er til að bili þil í byl"
Italian (original performance on stage): "In Spagna s'è bagnata la campagna"
Italian (film version): "La rana in Spagna gracida in campagna"
Italian (later performances on stage): "La pioggia in Spagna bagna la campagna"
Japanese: "スペインの雨は主に平野に降る。"
Korean: "스페인 평원에 비가 내려요"
Marathi: "Ti Phularaani"
Norwegian (Version 1): "Det gol og mol i solen en spanjol"
Norwegian (Version 2): "De spanske land har alltid manglet vann"
Persian: "باران در سپاین می بارد فراوان"
Polish: "W Hiszpanii mży, gdy dżdżyste przyjdą dni"
Portuguese (Version 1): "O rei de Roma ruma a Madrid"
Portuguese (Version 2): "Atrás do trem as tropas vem trotando"
Russian (Version 1): "Того и жди, пойдут в Испании дожди" ("Tovo i zhdi, poydut v Ispanii dozhdi")
Russian (Version 2 "В Севилье град крупнее, говорят" ("F Sevilye grat krupneye, govaryat")
Spanish (Mexico 1959) "El rey que hay en Madrid se fue a Aranjuez"
Spanish (Film version): "La lluvia en Sevilla es una pura maravilla"
Spanish (Spain 1982): "El juez jugó en Jerez al ajedrez"
Spanish (Spain 2001): "La lluvia en España bellos valles baña"
Spanish (Mexico 2002) "Un ardid urdió el bardo en Madrid"
Swedish: "Den spanska räven rev en annan räv"
Swedish (version 2): "Nederbörden och skörden" ("All nederbörd förstörde körsbärsskörden")
Turkish: "İspanya’da yağmur, her yer çamur"
Ukrainian: "Дощі в Афінах частіше йдуть в долинах" ("Doshchi v Afinah chastishe jdut' v dolynah")

Thank you for that John, I'm afraid it would take me hours to type all that lot