Whirlwind World Tour

Here's the current world tour line-up...

Europe, generally clockwise around Western Europe (and Prague) in this order:
- Amsterdam
- Berlin
- Prague
- Vienna
- Rome
- Florence
- Cinque Terre, 5 cute little hillside towns by the sea in Northern Italy. I plan to go hiking and take in the views. They have nice beaches too but it will be cold this time of year, pity.
- Pisa, to see the tower in the sandpit and mainly to catch my flight to Paris.
- Paris
- Bruges, Belgium. This town was one of the highlights from my last European trip 9 years ago, so much so that I really must go back.
- Bath, England, because by this time I will be dirty from all my travels and you know what a germophobe I am!

India
- Delhi
- Rajasthan (northern India). Looking forward to a camel safari, praying at Hindi temples, being awed by the Taj Majal, and doing lots of bargaining at bazaars.
- Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), which is where my India tour trip ends.
- Hyderabad (or Cyberabad, because of all the tech companies), to visit my sister.

Thailand and Cambodia
- Bangkok
- Phuket
- Ankor Wat

Taiwan
- Taipei mainly, to visit my Dad and celebrate Chinese New Year.
- Quite possibly a trip to Kaoshiung in the south to see my Mom.

Hong Kong? Singapore?

Back to the Bay Area (around mid- to late-February)

Sore

I finally went in for my vaccines this morning. There were five shots in all, distributed between both arms. I ABHOR being poked by any sharp object, the worst of which is needles -- the benefit of this fear is that I would make a terrible heroin addict; unfotunately, it also means I'm too chicken to get a tattoo. Part of this fear stems from my the traumatic childhood vaccination experiences, where I would squirm and scream at the top of my lungs until every waiting child in the hallway hears my agony.

Today went very smoothly. The nurse was a total pro, each injection took what felt like a milli-second, a little pin prick and it was out again. Within about a minute, it was over. I did not scream once. Now both arms feel very sore, as if it was liquified lead that had been injected into my veins. Fingers crossed that typhoid, chicken pox, and other nasty little germs and viruses do not get me.

Fie

Yahoo! Mail Beta is terrible. I spent almost 40 minutes just trying to log into my account. :-(