you need warmer clothes in the summer than in the winter...

Yes, this is by far the downside of Brussels:( No summer on the first day of summer is a bummer, even if I don't care so much about the weather. The weekend was really cold. I didn' know what else to put on myself. The thermometres keep lying! They keep saying 16 degrees. Yet it feels like 8. I don't exagerate. Being Polish I know how to dress for the weather, know how to deal with colder summers, and extremely cold winters. But we come badly equipped to deal with humidity, or with lying thermometres. When thermometres in Poland show 16 Celsius, you know you'll need a long sleeve, most likely a jacket if it's not sunny. But you know you won't need much more than that. Here 2 cotton layers, a coat and a scarf are not enough:( The local 16 is much more penetrating, be it the wind or the humidity, you just feel unprotected by what you wear:(
And I even chose Alaska for a honeymoon, so I really enjoy cold summers; but not like this. Not when dressing for the weather means still feeling cold.
In fact all weekend long I've been having Alaska déjà vus and didn't know why. That was the last place during summer when I felt this cold and so bulky from all the layers I had on LOL. Alaska was much more dry though....