Ha! Yeah, in Germany when we had a sunny day, at least one person would come into work and say "Does anyone know what that big bright thing in the sky is all about?"
The climate really did a number on folks from exceptionally sunny areas, seriesly. Had a lot of folks end up majorly depressed. It took me awhile to adjust, too. But eventually, I realized it meant for once I could actually go on bike rides and stuff and not worry about having trouble seeing or that horrible flashing effect of light through branches.
"If it ain't worth doing in the rain... it ain't worth doing."
Words to live by. :-)
Keeps everything clean and green, is the way I look at it. It just doesn't bug me. And... it doesn't actually rain as much as we pretend it does. We talk it up to keep more of those dang Californians from moving here. :-)