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Short trips to Europe
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>Aauugghhh! Big travel mistake is to assume that everyone knows I’m >from the US (arrogant Yankee). So very sorry. I’m on the east coast, >flying out of Dulles, Va. Thanks everyone for the help and thoughts. >Ken Norris
Flying from IAD also eliminates all the convenient AM flights to europe. I think you have to go to NYC to catch one. LHR is only 6 hrs away from IAD. 6am is the earliest allowed arrival. UA has one of those. You may not be able to check into your hotel until 2pm. I don’t enjoy doing much at 9am with very little sleep.(4am est) I am exhausted after the flight(I’m about the age of 3 of the other respondents combined). So, I am met by a car, taken to central London, and rent a day room for 50lbs. Get up at 3pm, (10am est), and spend the day like a normal one. I spend the weekend starting at 10am, and bed very late. I prefer weekdays to weekends in LON. Less people, easier show tickets.
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Aauugghhh! Big travel mistake is to assume that everyone knows I’m from the US (arrogant Yankee). So very sorry. I’m on the east coast, flying out of Dulles, Va. Thanks everyone for the help and thoughts. Ken Norris – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> All, > Has anyone taken these short 3-5 day trips to Europe I see advertised > at really cheap rates? My concern is more with the jet lag and are you > able to enjoy the short trips. I like the idea of a short trip because > I work full time and I own my own network consulting business. Small > amounts of time away are easier to arrange. >Where are you? Jet lag from UK is negligable, from East Coast USA/Canada >smaller than from West Coast USA/Canada, and even worse from Hawaii or >Australia/NZ. >Sjoerd
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> Personally I prefer the opposite, leave the east coast in the early evening > and show up on the other side pretty early in the morning, slam back a > couple expressos/coca-colas and a chocolate bar and get going. By the time > evening rolls, you’ll sleep like the dead since you’ve been up for over 24 > hours thanks to adrenaline and caffine but wake up the next morning > completely refreshed and over the jetlag. If you can sleep a bit on the > plane ride over it’ll make it even easier to stay up during the first day.
I like leaving the east coast at night, too. However, I go right to my hotel and take a 2-3 hour nap. By noon, I’m up and around, and still have most of the day. .. Joann
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Personally I prefer the opposite, leave the east coast in the early evening > and show up on the other side pretty early in the morning, slam back a > couple expressos/coca-colas and a chocolate bar and get going. By the time > evening rolls, you’ll sleep like the dead since you’ve been up for over 24 > i don’t know about you but find it hard to sleep in the 5-6 hours after > takeoff and before landing. Arriving in Europe at about midnight/early > hours east coast time. > hours thanks to adrenaline and caffine but wake up the next morning > completely refreshed and over the jetlag. If you can sleep a bit on the > plane ride over it’ll make it even easier to stay up during the first day. > Not from my own experience or most others I know (we’re in our 30s). > This fatigue and sleepiness will hit, badly, around 2-4 pm if you don’t > keep movingon your feet. and your brain will be dead
I’m in my 20’s, and in my teens regularly subjected my body to all sorts of cruel and unusual forms of sleep deprevation; usually while doing unspeakable things to my liver and lungs. So now if all I have to cope with is being awake for 25 or 30 straight hours and there’s no alcohol involved it’s nothing, though you should try a little 15-20 minute nap on a bus or train when the 2-4pm fatigue hits, it’ll do you wonders! Richard
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> All, > Has anyone taken these short 3-5 day trips to Europe I see advertised > at really cheap rates? My concern is more with the jet lag and are you > able to enjoy the short trips. I like the idea of a short trip because > I work full time and I own my own network consulting business. Small > amounts of time away are easier to arrange. > Thanks,
The mere thought makes me shudder 
I can easily spend 3 week in Germany. The thought of flying that far for about a weekend is depressing! — Mary Loomer Oliver (aka erilar) What do you mean, too many books?? Erilar’s Cave Annex: http://www.airstreamcomm.net/~erilarlo
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> I did that the other way around 3 years ago. > MUC-JFK on Friday (arrival early evening) return flight the next Sunday > evening. > It was stressful, I didn