... wear jeans, sneakers, a fleece and a scarf in June

So the past weekend and today and yesterday have been soooo cold here in Paris. I have been bundled up even in my classes, because of course no central heat/air/anything. This past weekend we went to the beaches of Normandy and Mont Saint Michel. There are pictures HERE ! It was amazing! the beaches were so powerful and it was so interesting to realize that the beginning of the end of WWII started there. They were getting ready for the anniversary of DDay which is on the 6th so the American Cemetery was getting a major clean up. It was nice to be back on US soil for a little bit! Everything was in English and the guards spoke perfect English; it made me a little homesick for America and Austin! We went to the Museum off the coast which was very sad and graphic. We spent the night in a small town called Caen where I finally got an extremely hot shower and a bed more than 5 inches off the ground. In the morning we drove to Mont Saint Michel which is a beautiful island off the coast that you can only get to when the ocean is not at high tide. Th entire town was gorgeous and we had fun walking through the town and church. After driving back to paris everyone was exhausted and we had a placement test the next day (Monday) so we all went to sleep. Monday was an OK day since my placement test sucked. My professor I was talking to never looked at me when she was speaking and since I am basically deaf that was not good. Then she asks me where I go to school and I saw College station and she looks at me and say "College Station? C'est une ville faux" Which means, thats a fake city. Yeah awesome so I said I lived in Austin and then she asks how many people live in Austin. I DONT KNOW WOMAN! So after the test Hunter, Anna, Tyler and I went out to the French open to see if we could get a grounds ticket so we could take some pictures. Nope, all sold out. So we had lunch and then I went back to my cinema class which was good we watched a neo-noir film The beat my heart skipped, which was very good! Today (Tuesday) we went to the University to see where we had been placed for our test and I was put in the wrong class and they might not be able to get me out of it... awesome, and since I will not get credit for that level of class it is a big problem. BIG problem but I have contingency plans so it will all work out somehow. Then we walked around our University and had lunch. Then we walked around some more and came home where when it started to rain we all just sat around and talked. After dinner I started my french homework (stupid) and am about to go finish it! Bon soir!