So for those you I haven't blabbed your ear off about this yet - Mom and I are heading to Europe in June. We're heading to Belgium to visit my super-smart friend Sonia who's living in Leuven to do her post-doctoral work. We're going to stay with her for a week and the 3 of us are off to Paris for a few days. If anyone has any travel suggestions, please forward them to us .

If you're curious what's so cool about Leuven, you have to check this out: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/23/ncoke123.xml . And yes, thank you to Steve who has pointed out that we will want to make sure that Coke is poured from a new can and not scooped from a bucket behind the bar.

While mom and I are experiencing the European culture, my father and brother will be exploring the backroads of the mid-west. If you're really curious, you can follow them at: http://www.offexploring.com/boswell/