We were surprised by the climate. [?] it was the month of June, it was [?] winter.
The agency had arranged for us to visit the old city centre.
"You'd [?] take an umbrella [?] it rains" said our guide. It did rain, as it [?] out!
But [?] the rain, we managed to see as much as possible.
We discovered that the church was now used [?] an art gallery, and that the palace had been [?] into a hotel.
However, [?] of the two buildings had been damaged, [?], much to our [?] , the Opera House had been destroyed during the war.
We made so many interesting discoveries that it would have been a [?] if the weather had [?] us [?] visiting such a historical place.