What It Looks Like When It's 95 in Florence

It looks beautiful, but I felt as though I needed a shower and a change of clothes every few hours.

View #1 from Boboli Park on the grounds of the Pitti Palace (center) south of the Arno River

Showing evidence of not-so-smart planning, we walked through this expansive park, Florence's very poor cousin to Versailles, during the hottest part of the day.

View #2

It was not a muggy day by any stretch of the imagination, but it wasn't quite a dry heat, either.

View #3

Siesta time was warmly embraced.

View #4