Query to wacken vets.

[Tri-6]

Ah good. I'm sure I've heard of people travelling abroad and arriving in the country on the Wednesday; I don't know how they do it.

I was going to comment about the jetlag, but then I remembered not everyone can sleep 14 hours straight

My issue will be trying to pass out and sleep most of the 8 hour flight. I'll be getting on the overseas part of the flight around 5:30 local time so I'll need to do something to be very tried so I can sleep as much as possible. 8 hours on a 757 is going to be brutal and I'd prefer to be unconscious as much as possible.

 

[Alix]

My issue will be trying to pass out and sleep most of the 8 hour flight. I'll be getting on the overseas part of the flight around 5:30 local time so I'll need to do something to be very tried so I can sleep as much as possible. 8 hours on a 757 is going to be brutal and I'd prefer to be unconscious as much as possible.

Man that's nothing. My first overseas trip I flew straight to Hamburg stopping in Singapore and Munich for transfers and passport control. I think that was 26 hours, then I had to try my best to stay awake for as long as possible cos I arrived at 8am local time. Passed out for an hour before hotel staff rang my room to let me know my friends were waiting for me down stairs. Then at 6pm I told them I'd meet them for dinner "soon" and seriously I don't even remember going to bed I was that tired. 14 hours of sleep and my body clock was re-set Got a killer headache the following night which I killed with bourbon and paracetamol then four nights of 4 - 5 hours sleep each at Wacken. Good times...good times

 

[Tri-6]

I've got a 3 hour flight to Newark, then a 5 hour layover before heading to Hamburg. I'm thinking of just not sleeping the night before and trying to set myself up for long sleep periods on the planes. A couple muscle relaxers will help as well.

 

[Alix]

I've got a 3 hour flight to Newark, then a 5 hour layover before heading to Hamburg.

Oh the luxury. I'll be wishing that by the time we fly over south east Asia. I'm not going straight to Germany this time, so I'm enduring a 5 hour wait at Dubai airport

 

[Tri-6]

Considering I've never flown more than 3 hours this is going to be a new experience.

 

[Quark]

Considering I've never flown more than 3 hours this is going to be a new experience.

My first ever flight was 8hrs, from Amsterdam (Schiphol) to Toronto ON, Canada (Pearson Int.)

 

[Tri-6]

I just wish we were on a bigger plane flying over, a 757 is kind of cramped. Oh well. Hopefully I can sleep through most of it.

 

[esp89]

Ah good. I'm sure I've heard of people travelling abroad and arriving in the country on the Wednesday; I don't know how they do it.

I was going to comment about the jetlag, but then I remembered not everyone can sleep 14 hours straight

We leave Wednesday 10 in the morning from Nijmegen, The Netherlands and we arrive at about 16:00 on the same day.

 

[Alix]

We leave Wednesday 10 in the morning from Nijmegen, The Netherlands and we arrive at about 16:00 on the same day.

In this instance Europe doesn't count

 

[Quark]

We leave Wednesday 10 in the morning from Nijmegen, The Netherlands and we arrive at about 16:00 on the same day.

Er is wel 'n verschil tussen Nijmegen en, laat ons zeggen, Melbourne of New York. Wij kunnen gewoon "over de grond" reizen, terwijl de laatste per se 'n vliegtuig moeten nemen, en verschillende tijdzones moeten passeren!

Ik geef 't maar ff mee.

Voorbeeldje, van hier (Charleroi Sud, België) tot Barnstedt Brunnenstrasse (even voorbij Elmshorn, dus ligt redelijk op dezelfde weg) is het voor mij ook 9uur reizen. En dat met de trein. Donc, voilà.

 

[raylouie]

How about this. Leaving Colorado Springs on the 30th. Changing flights in Chicago with a 3 hour wait. Leaving Chicago for Düsseldorf. Arriving in Düsseldorf on the 31st. Taking another flight to Hamburg. Train to Itzehoe, shuttle to Wacken. WHEW! Hopefully I will able to get some sleep. It'll going to be a long 2 days to get to WOA!

 

[Tri-6]

Didn't know you could fly over from Chicago. When we were doing flights everything was St. Louis to Newark, or STL>CHI>NJ.

 

[raylouie]

Didn't know you could fly over from Chicago. When we were doing flights everything was St. Louis to Newark, or STL>CHI>NJ.

Probably depends on which airline, I guess. I''m flying United to Chicago then Lufthansa to Hamburg. Which airline are you taking?

 

[UltimoAviso]

My issue will be trying to pass out and sleep most of the 8 hour flight. I'll be getting on the overseas part of the flight around 5:30 local time so I'll need to do something to be very tried so I can sleep as much as possible. 8 hours on a 757 is going to be brutal and I'd prefer to be unconscious as much as possible.

Those tiny shooter bottles pass through the tsa no problem, a couple vodka shooters and ill buy an orange juice once I pass security then visit the bathroom and mix my screwdriver.

Flight: Sacramento> Washington dc> paris> hamburg

 

[Alix]

How about this. Leaving Colorado Springs on the 30th. Changing flights in Chicago with a 3 hour wait. Leaving Chicago for Düsseldorf. Arriving in Düsseldorf on the 31st. Taking another flight to Hamburg. Train to Itzehoe, shuttle to Wacken. WHEW! Hopefully I will able to get some sleep. It'll going to be a long 2 days to get to WOA!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Maybe you'll get some shut-eye on the train back to Hamburg