The Wacken Hot Tub (General Chat)

[xforeverxmetalx]

I've been told the trip from the USA to Europe is bad, since you are losing 7.5 hours or so going to Germany. For example I'm going to land at 7:30 Hamburg time but for me its around midnight St. Louis time. So I'm going to be dragging major ass that day unless I can get myself a lot of sleep on the way over, and even then I'll still be dragging ass. :lol: hard to get myself to fall asleep for several hours if Its early evening my time. I think I'll have to not sleep the night before...and take a muscle relaxer or something.

That'll be pretty difficult. Best thing I can think of is try to stay up till at least 9pm or so. Maybe have a short nap in the middle of the day if you have to (set an alarm).

Last time I went, I landed somewhere around noon local time, already pretty tired because I can't really sleep on planes. I was determined not to fall asleep until a somewhat decent time though, so I explored the city a bit. After an hour or two I was bored and ended up back at the hotel. Tried to swim in the pool, but it was cold beyond cold so I gave up on that after half an hour of trying to get used to it. With nothing left to do I read my book, played some games, anything I could think of, but I think I still passed out around 7pm. Luckily managed to sleep through the night. I was good after that.

 

[Tri-6]

That'll be pretty difficult. Best thing I can think of is try to stay up till at least 9pm or so. Maybe have a short nap in the middle of the day if you have to (set an alarm).

Last time I went, I landed somewhere around noon local time, already pretty tired because I can't really sleep on planes. I was determined not to fall asleep until a somewhat decent time though, so I explored the city a bit. After an hour or two I was bored and ended up back at the hotel. Tried to swim in the pool, but it was cold beyond cold so I gave up on that after half an hour of trying to get used to it. With nothing left to do I read my book, played some games, anything I could think of, but I think I still passed out around 7pm. Luckily managed to sleep through the night. I was good after that.

Yeah I'm going to do everything I can to start moving around and doing things as soon as I get there and not go to sleep before it gets dark. Walk around the city for a while and get food and stuff like that. I would just drink myself under but that would probably end up with me having to piss constantly on the plane.

I hope they have Red Bull in Deutschland!

 

[Guardian of Silence]

I hope they have Red Bull in Deutschland!

yes, we have. pretty expensive - dunno how it is in america - but still very popular. other things like monster or relentless are cheaper (1,50 - 2,00€ 0,5 liter).

 

[Tri-6]

yes, we have. pretty expensive - dunno how it is in america - but still very popular. other things like monster or relentless are cheaper (1,50 - 2,00€ 0,5 liter).

They gouge the hell out of you here too. Monster is cool. Anything to keep me awake that first crucial day.

 

[Guardian of Silence]

They gouge the hell out of you here too. Monster is cool. Anything to keep me awake that first crucial day.

for red bull you have to pay beyond 2€ for 0,25. As far as I remember, i never buy it.

 

[ThunderZtorm]

They gouge the hell out of you here too. Monster is cool. Anything to keep me awake that first crucial day.

Relentless is the "official Wacken energy drink". Nudge nudge wink wink

 

[Guardian of Silence]

Relentless is the "official Wacken energy drink". Nudge nudge wink wink

besides it is a coca cola product.

so actually wacken is sponsered by coca cola. cool.

 

[raylouie]

They gouge the hell out of you here too. Monster is cool. Anything to keep me awake that first crucial day.

for red bull you have to pay beyond 2€ for 0,25. As far as I remember, i never buy it.

Relentless is the "official Wacken energy drink". Nudge nudge wink wink

besides it is a coca cola product.

so actually wacken is sponsered by coca cola. cool.

There is coffee you know. Taste better than Red Bull, unless some has vodka.

 

[Zachia]

There is coffee you know. Taste better than Red Bull, unless some has vodka.

oh,yes....red bull is

 

[Guardian of Silence]

There is coffee you know. Taste better than Red Bull, unless some has vodka.

aye.

 

[MetallKopp]

Yeah I'm going to do everything I can to start moving around and doing things as soon as I get there and not go to sleep before it gets dark. Walk around the city for a while and get food and stuff like that. I would just drink myself under but that would probably end up with me having to piss constantly on the plane.

I hope they have Red Bull in Deutschland!

Teheee! Jetlag zombies wandering our cities.

There is coffee you know. Taste better than Red Bull, unless some has vodka.

Word.
Even with Vodka, I prefer not to drink energy drinks.

 

[Koldawne]

hello friends *wink*

Hi phönix!

 

[Koldawne]

I've been told the trip from the USA to Europe is bad, since you are losing 7.5 hours or so going to Germany. For example I'm going to land at 7:30 Hamburg time but for me its around midnight St. Louis time. So I'm going to be dragging major ass that day unless I can get myself a lot of sleep on the way over, and even then I'll still be dragging ass. :lol: hard to get myself to fall asleep for several hours if Its early evening my time. I think I'll have to not sleep the night before...and take a muscle relaxer or something.

It's not fun either way. Last time we went to Germany we ended up adjusting our schedule a little bit before we left. Started getting up earlier in the morning and going to bed earlier at night (5 hours ahead) I think on the day we left we were up at 2am - which was about 7 Paris time (where we landed) It wasn't too bad, but we had still been up for a long time before we finally got to sleep that first night. Coming back was worse for me because we went through most of the day int he air and then when we landed it was still morning so we had to go through it again and then having to go back to work on Monday..I needed a vacation to recover from my vacation!

This time will suck more because our plane does not leave until 11pm and then lands at 10am paris time so we will miss an entire night of sleep (I can't sleep on planes) We're going to try to nap when we can though. My boyfriend does a lot of travelling for work so he will be just fine but I will be hurting. Thankfully I have it planned so we have nothing to do the first day we land so if we need to just go pass out in the hotel that's ok.

I feel bad for people who are just going for Wacken then flying home after..I can't imagine how shitty that would be!

 

[Koldawne]

Teheee! Jetlag zombies wandering our cities.
Word.
Even with Vodka, I prefer not to drink energy drinks.

Me too. I HATE redbull but of course my bf loves the stuff - I have no idea how he manages because the taste makes me want to

 

[raylouie]

Me too. I HATE redbull but of course my bf loves the stuff - I have no idea how he manages because the taste makes me want to

Just point me to the black coffee (no sugar or cream) first thing when I wake up and I'll be fine, after 2 or 3 cups of it.