Water Proof versus Water Resistant

I will explain the reasoning for the title of this post shortly, but let's continue on with the happenings in London...My mother and I thought, we can't just waste a day away in our hotel because of some rain. So we straightened up our collars, placed on our rain jackets and set out with umbrella in hand to the Underground Station.

Along the way we picked up a map of the city and set out with no particular destination in mind. I picked what I thought was the tube stop that would connect us to the line leading to Big Ben, however, because I was unaware of construction we ended up in the main high dollar shopping area. What a shame! Right? After some window shopping, we hopped a city bus that was headed to Victoria Station which on the map looked relatively close to many main attractions.

Once off the bus, mom and I with coffee in hand found what we thought was Westminster Abbey "that looked a lot smaller than it had in pictures." And that would be because it was Westminster Cathedral, the main Catholic church of the area. Which is not on a lot of tour routes but I would strongly recommend detouring to.



 

 

 

 

I finally did navigate us to Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, and the London Eye. However, after about three or four hours of walking in what was I would describe as a tsunami in rain form, my mother and I found out that her rain jacket was NOT water proof but merely water resistant. You might be thinking what is the difference--in London rain or what I will be experiencing as a norm in Cork--A LOT!

 

"Water resistant products resist the entry of water into it to a certain extent. Water proof products are completely resistant to the entry of water."