Ugh, jet lag, y'all!

limr · Aug 10, 2014

I flew back from Slovenia yesterday. I woke up at 5am (Slovenia time) to have time to eat breakfast and get on a 7:30 shuttle bus to the airport. We left from Venice, so it was a 2-2.5-hour ride to the airport. Flight was at 1:30 or so, and took about 8.5 hours. Dozed for maybe a total of 45 minutes, but was awake otherwise. Arrived in NY at about 4-ish NY time (10-ish Slovenia time). Got picked up at JFK and the drive home took 1.5-2 hours.

Running tally: 17 hours awake, about 12 or so of them in some sort of moving vehicle.

Got home around 7-ish in the evening and managed to stay awake until 9:45, bringing the total up to something like 20-ish hours, then slept the sleep of the dead for 10.5 hours.

Woke up to find this:

Yup, I'm home

Have no idea what time it is and I have to keep reminding myself what day it is, but I'm home.

Ron Evers · Aug 10, 2014

I hear ya.

For us it was the going away part, up @ 2am, hour drive via shuttle to Toronto, 3 hours in airport, 6 hour flight to Vancover, two hours in airport 2+ hours flight to Anchorage, hour in airport, 2 hour bus ride to deep water port to board ship & then long line for boarding pass & finally on the ship for first meal. All in all we were up for about 24 hours. The Alaska cruse back to Vancouver was worth it.

limr · Aug 10, 2014

The way to Slovenia was a bit worse - I was up for a longer period of time and the ride from Venice to the coastal town we stayed at first took 5 hours (twice the usual time) in bumper-to-bumper traffic on a hot day with no air conditioning, but you're certainly right that the vacation that comes after the travel is usually worth the trouble.

I'm not usually a cruise sort of person, but I'd definitely like to take one in Alaska. Sounds like it was a great time!

snerd · Aug 10, 2014

10 hours sleep sounds wonderful! I'm good to get 4-5 at a time, sometimes 6, but not often. Welcome home!!

Ron Evers · Aug 10, 2014

limr said:
The way to Slovenia was a bit worse - I was up for a longer period of time and the ride from Venice to the coastal town we stayed at first took 5 hours (twice the usual time) in bumper-to-bumper traffic on a hot day with no air conditioning, but you're certainly right that the vacation that comes after the travel is usually worth the trouble.

I'm not usually a cruise sort of person, but I'd definitely like to take one in Alaska. Sounds like it was a great time!