<p>Marite: I think perhaps just find a milder climate to summer in, that's all. We were also on the Cote d'Azur (friend has villa there) for a while and it was just as sweltering there. But then that was the summer when so many French people died during the heat waves. Let's meet up at the Hotel des Augustins next time :).</p>
<p>Carolyn: I want to go to Holland (my mom's native country) and become fluent in Dutch, then Mexico and become fluent in Spanish, then...Italy. We can meet up there, I'll order the wheelchairs. (Tough on those cobblestones, though....)</p>
<p>If I were choosing from my son's options from last year, I think I would pick Amherst or Pomona. I agree, the small classes and intimate atmosphere of the LACs felt so wonderful. Although I have to say I have hats off to Stanford for making the school feel just as small while offering a wider array of classes, research opportunities, activities on campus, etc. But you have to discount everything I say about the school as I am hopelessly sold on it and biased.</p>