Snow in Southern France

You can kind of see the snow in my hair.

Yes, my friends. You read the title of the post correctly. It is SNOWING in Southern France. This afternoon is started flurrying and then actually snowing with decent sized flakes. As you can see in the photos, some has actually accumulated on the ground. It's too soon to see if it will stay overnight. I was told that it's not SUPER rare for it to snow here but it does only happen about every 4 years. It has been snowing off and on all evening. I am anxious to see if it continues.


On another note, the huge Montpellier/France sales have begun. This is one of the 2 semi-annual sales in the country. All of the stores participate and some things are drastically reduced, most things are 30-75% off. I got some pants for 5 Euros each and Cathy got a really nice Minelli purse for 75% off. Shoes are ridiculously cheap and I have been trying to find a pair of boots that I liked and fit me. I have about 6 weeks to find boots on sale since that's how long the sale lasts in the city/country. Shopping on the first day of the sale is always great though since you get the first pick of the litter. By the afternoon, many of the stores were PACKED so we stopped shopping for awhile so I could pick up the 2nd part of my visa. I am now a legal foreigner living in France until June 30. After that, I become illegal again. :)