Goodbye to Munich. This was my view there for over a month. I actually liked this view a lot and I really enjoyed being in both Berlin and Munich. I caught the moon one night in a photo in the latter.

And hello to Florence!

This happened overnight of course because Europe is relatively small to us Americani!

But I traveled through Milan where I caught one cool poster while walking quite a distance from my hotel to the train station because the subway was on strike—welcome to Italy! (Although I’ve had the same experience in Paris to be fair!)

I love the poster. It says: “invitation to the theater! At the theater you will see the most beautiful things!”

I’m staying in a sweet Airbnb apartment just outside Florence; I have a lovely olive tree outside my kitchen window and the view of a grove of olives outside my bedroom window. I’m awaiting my own apartment which should be available next week, finalmente!

And while it may seem like a beautiful dream, there are also strikes you contend with in Florence, but honestly it’s a small price to pay for the opportunity to live here. I’m so happy to be here at last and the summer heat is just a memory.