Rain, Rain go away....

So it is another rainy winter day here in Salvador. And by winter I mean you still might break into a sweat but not sweltering, and by rainy I mean another day that your towels won't dry when you hang them up after a shower.
We knew the seasons were opposite here but we didn't expect all the implications of a different seasonal calendar as well as a different climate. We are still trying to get used to it being "winter" in July. Although it helps that it isn't actually cold. Although we have slept without our air conditioner on 3 out of the last 4 nights. And I do put on a sweater occasionally. Okay actually I only put on a sweater when I go to the movies. It seems to be a world wide phenomenon for movie theaters to be 20 degrees below 0.
It may be more strange when we are celebrating Christmas in the middle of summer. We ar also trying to get used to the idea of our birthday's being in the opposite season. It is difficult to imagine having a Fall birthday when you've always had a spring birthday. Just another part of culture shock I guess.