Three Months

I have been here three months today, I can't believe it's been that long already! The weather here is gorgeous! Sunny and in the 60's I love it every nice day we have I meet up with my friends Emily and Rachel and we walk along the river bank with pastries :) I am not sure if it's just my imagination or not but people here do not know how to dress for nice weather. I am wearing jeans and a short sleeve shirt or capris, you know spring clothes. Yet I still see pea coats, big bulky sweaters under leather jackets, and everyone is still wearing black...time for some color, come on!
This weekend is Easter break and the family is going to go to Switzerland to go skiing...I hate skiing. Luckily I get the weekend off as well to do with as I like. I originally was going to go see Alex and his friends in Cinque Terre (Italian Riveria) but because it is so close to the date and absolutely everyone in Europe is traveling this weekend the trip would cost around 500 euros. Sooo that's definitely not happening, I might just stay in Strasbourg and finish up homework and relax with my friends here, maybe take a day trip somewhere.

The past week the NATO conference took place in Strasbourg and neighboring Kehl. Obama was here with other bigwigs so the city was on lock down. The entire center was barricaded off and parts of the cities were in red and orange zones depending on proximity to the conference. Thousands of protestors came to Strasbourg to stir up a little attention, someone tried to set himself on fire in front of the Court of Human Rights. Honestly it didn't really phase me because there have been strikes taking place since I have been here. It was fun to join a little bit of the craze though.