It's hot here in Vladimir. The highs have been around 30C, which is 86F, and the humidity is really high. In reality that isn't all that hot--Cleveland, which is by no means a hot-weather city, regularly gets highs in the mid-90s in July and August--but I think I've lost some of my heat tolerance after the long winter. I get drenched in sweat walking to the bus stop in the hot sun and sitting on the stifling bus (air conditioning on buses is non-existent here). The return trip on the bus is quite unpleasant; even at 10pm, it's still sultry, and everybody's deodorant--assuming they even wore any--has worn off long ago. Russia in the summer can be a smelly place.