<h3>After stopping by San Francisco and Munich, I arrived at Florence. It's halfway as humid as Beijing and Singapore. Our apartment building was built in the 13th century.</h3><h3>High of 80 today. I think it feels cool when I walk especially because besides plazas and beside the river, the city is densely packed, so you're usually in the shade.</h3> <h3>This is the view from my apartment.</h3> <h3>They gave us a map, but a lot of the streets are not marked. It's confusing, but Florence is small enough that you can't get lost for long if you go off landmarks.</h3><h3>There are as many Chinese tourists as there are American tourists. It's actually not very crowded overall, the tourists just stand out from the Florentines. It feels like the same population density of Singapore.</h3><h3><br></h3> <h3>The market is in a warehouse, like the one in Beijing I've been to. Eggs are really expensive. We bought about 5 euro worth of groceries.</h3> <h3>The River "Fiume" Arno, I have to cross it everyday to get to class.</h3> <h3>Ponte Vecchio, "Old Bridge", the only bridge in Florence that survived World War 2</h3> <h3>The kind of cart Florentines used to carry wine in</h3>