June 15, 2011 - First day in Florence

5:00 am, woke up by the crowing of rooster outside my window. In between the half asleep and half awoke, not sure where I was. It felt like those hot summer days in countryside when I was a little girl. Clearing my eyes, stretching, and yawning, it came to me that I lied in a hotel room in Italy! not a small country house in China.  Looking outside the window, I can see huge rolls of hays in the field. Everything was so serene and unreal, felt like I was in a painting.