the blazing italian sun

The last few days have been all about the sun for me. It's very hot - above 90 (about 33 for my celsius readers) - and the sun is relentless with clouds few and very far between. I do what I can to avoid being outside between the hours of 12pm and 6pm because of it.

I did venture out yesterday to meet some friends that I had met while traveling in Greece for an early dinner before their train left for Switzerland the other day. Our meeting time and place: 5pm at the Spanish Steps. This meant that I left my apartment at about 4pm and walked (at a good pace) for 45 minutes. In the sun. Sweating profusely. Luckily, my friends had also been out in the heat, so we sympathized with each other on our unsavory looks and smells. On a bright note, it was my first trip to the Spanish Steps. Today I was there again and counted the stairs - 135 total.


One hundred and thirty-five very worn and sometimes slippery stairs.


There was a nice church at the top too - this is the interior.


Tonight that blazing sun went down in a gorgeous sunset....this is the first of a few pictures I took over about half an hour...


...and the second...

....and the third. I'm having a love/hate relationship with the sun right now. I hate the afternoon bake, but I'm loving this sunset.