Dear Old Friends,

Sorry to hear about dear Liz and Coach Sine.

I will be out of pocket for any planning but perhaps a 56th or 57th would work for us. .

My wife, Michelle, and I will be taking our dream trip of a lifetime: “Around the World in 180 Days.”

We are going on a small cruise ship called Insignia holding only 650 passengers with the Oceania Cruise line. It gets us into many small ports and venues that we would never otherwise visit.

We start in San Francisco in mid-January 2023 and return mid-July. Our trip will circumnavigate the Southern Hemisphere including South America, Antarctica, Africa, then on to the Middle East, India, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, Japan, and Alaska, then back to San Francisco. 93 ports of call, 36 countries, and 4 continents in total. Should be fun!

Living the dream!

Happy HolyDays to you all.

Warmly,

Victor S. Sierpina, MD, ABFM, AIHM

WD and Laura Nell Nicholson Family Professor in Integrative Medicine

Professor, Family Medicine

University of Texas Distinguished Teaching Professor

Department of Family Medicine UTMB-Health

Galveston, Texas