Our First Spanish Rain Storm

Our house, Villa Medellín, was within walking distance of Sunnyview School to the north. Uphill, but within walking distance. We set out to walk to the school just to try things out, see if we were up to the task. It was a beautiful, sunny day without a cloud in the sky. How Spanish. After all, this was the Costa del Sol, Coast of the Sun.

To the north of the school lay some hills, and within the hills lay an active rock quarry. As we walked we heard a dynamite explosion from the quarry and watched as a cloud of dust rose into the air. Within minutes the dust reached a proper altitude and clouds began to gather round. Within an hour clouds covered the sky and it began to rain. It rained for several hours.

I recalled stories of the rainmaker going from town to town and setting off explosions, but I always thought it was fiction, something the Wizard of Oz would try. But no, it really works.