The Expert Traveler Award Is Still Up for Debate
Travelling back and forth from Europe to the United States is sure a journey.
With 3 separate flights, 22 hours of travel time, and 7 time zones to cross, exhausting is the only way to describe it.
Keeping busy to make the time go by is another story.
One can only read, flip through magazines, play games on their phone, get caught up on the latest movie releases, and people watch so much.
This is a small price to pay given the opportunity to live overseas though.
With 5 jaunts in this fashion in less than 90 days, (that's over 24, 000 miles) I am beginning to think I can classify myself as an expert traveler.
At least I'll rack up the airline miles! On my most recent trek back to the United States, I flew alone.
The anticipation of a surprise visit to my sister though, was enough to keep me going.
The flight delay on one connection was absolutely annoying to say the least.
After 22 hours of travel, your body goes into zombie mode.
Your eyes are heavier than ever, much like you have an extra 20 pounds in your eye sockets.
It's just enough weight to tell your body to go to sleep but just a couple pounds short from being able to open them completely, leaving me drained.
The rest of your body aches; I keep telling myself I need to keep going but it feels like I'm in slow motion.
My hair is disheveled; I am guessing the looks from those passing by are not due to my beauty at this point.
Long story short, I'm a mess.
Of course, I'm one who can't sleep on planes so I amuse myself with the enjoyment of the latest movie releases.
This is definitely one move the airlines got right! Now, if I can just figure out how I can get them to serve popcorn and make it a true movie experience, I'd be set.
Taking advantage of the hot towels to refresh and the wine, even for economy class, makes it a little bit better too (Lufthansa gets the extra points here).
On a long flight getting up frequently is certainly important.
Scheduling visits down the aisle or to the bathroom every hour or two, certainly helps to eliminate insanity.
Having to wake up your neighbor four or five times during flight is certainly not fun though, so I have moved from having a window preference to an aisle.
The food, of course, is anything but desirable.
Stocking up on my favorite snacks and having a bottle of water handy are prerequisites.
The more I have traveled the more I have learned about myself, other people (you can learn a lot by the way someone travels), and what to do in unforeseen circumstances (because unforeseen circumstances WILL happen).
Adapting to international travel certainly takes times but is definitely worth it for the experience you will have.
Expert traveler? I guess that's still up for debate!
With 3 separate flights, 22 hours of travel time, and 7 time zones to cross, exhausting is the only way to describe it.
Keeping busy to make the time go by is another story.
One can only read, flip through magazines, play games on their phone, get caught up on the latest movie releases, and people watch so much.
This is a small price to pay given the opportunity to live overseas though.
With 5 jaunts in this fashion in less than 90 days, (that's over 24, 000 miles) I am beginning to think I can classify myself as an expert traveler.
At least I'll rack up the airline miles! On my most recent trek back to the United States, I flew alone.
The anticipation of a surprise visit to my sister though, was enough to keep me going.
The flight delay on one connection was absolutely annoying to say the least.
After 22 hours of travel, your body goes into zombie mode.
Your eyes are heavier than ever, much like you have an extra 20 pounds in your eye sockets.
It's just enough weight to tell your body to go to sleep but just a couple pounds short from being able to open them completely, leaving me drained.
The rest of your body aches; I keep telling myself I need to keep going but it feels like I'm in slow motion.
My hair is disheveled; I am guessing the looks from those passing by are not due to my beauty at this point.
Long story short, I'm a mess.
Of course, I'm one who can't sleep on planes so I amuse myself with the enjoyment of the latest movie releases.
This is definitely one move the airlines got right! Now, if I can just figure out how I can get them to serve popcorn and make it a true movie experience, I'd be set.
Taking advantage of the hot towels to refresh and the wine, even for economy class, makes it a little bit better too (Lufthansa gets the extra points here).
On a long flight getting up frequently is certainly important.
Scheduling visits down the aisle or to the bathroom every hour or two, certainly helps to eliminate insanity.
Having to wake up your neighbor four or five times during flight is certainly not fun though, so I have moved from having a window preference to an aisle.
The food, of course, is anything but desirable.
Stocking up on my favorite snacks and having a bottle of water handy are prerequisites.
The more I have traveled the more I have learned about myself, other people (you can learn a lot by the way someone travels), and what to do in unforeseen circumstances (because unforeseen circumstances WILL happen).
Adapting to international travel certainly takes times but is definitely worth it for the experience you will have.
Expert traveler? I guess that's still up for debate!
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