Space invader!

So yesterday I started my second week of class.  I am confused by the lack of homework!!  I seems that by this point I should already be writing papers and giving presentations, of course I am certainly not complaining.
Sunday afternoon was an experience.  We had some leftover beef from the night before so my host mom stuck that in the oven for Sunday's lunch (of course accompanied by salad and green beans).   She cuts the beef into 6 pieces and yep...the inside was still completely raw.  I was just waiting for her to realize that the meat was not cooked whatsoever, but nothing happened.  We continued to serve ourselves the meat.  Oh la la....As it turns out, when the french eat meat, it is still moo-ing.  So as not to be rude I ate my small piece trying not to focus on the chewy-ness of the raw beef.  I guess I probably won't be requesting beef for a meal while I am here.
Then last night was the meal that had been talked about for a good 3-4 days : Chou-Crute.  Which for those non-frenchies reading this is Sauerkraut.  Yep, sauerkraut...the meal that I seem to recall my mother saying when she had no idea what was for dinner, often times accompanied with rutabaga....So no, I have never had sauerkraut.  It wasn't bad, wasn't good.  And it was served with several types of meat including : ham, sausage, bacon?, and what I can only assume was a hot dog.  The downfall for this popular meal of my family is that I overheard my host mom saying that we can get at least 15 meals out of the amount that she has made...I guess I will learn to love this stuff!!
My next topic is how completely unfair it is that the semester I go abroad, Anderson finally gives out a snow day....if not two!  I would deal with the snow and ice if that meant that I got to be snuggled in my apartment with my husband drinking a hot cup of tea!  Now I am not complaining that the constantly sunny days with temperatures rarely dipping below 30 F are horrible...but I would love to participate in a snow day as well!!
Tomorrow is only Wednesday, but already my last day of class...that is weird!  I am also glad that today is February!  That means that I get to see Chris this month, and get to celebrate his birthday with him:)  We finally bought his plane ticket to come to Montpellier, and we are going to rent out an apartment for a few days, but then we want to go somewhere : location to be determined....I guess I should probably get moving on that as that is only a few weeks away!  Yippee!!  I am excited because thanks to a random picture that I took on one of my tours, Chris realized that there is a famous street artist, known as space invader, who has 44 pieces of work up around Montpellier!!  So when Chris comes here, rather than showing Chris the city via landmarks, we are going to try and find all 44 pieces!!

Here are the two the I accidentally found!

Off to doing what little homework I actually have!!