On Sunday, May 2, 2021 at 11:11:17 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-05-02 4:19 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > On 5/2/2021 3:14 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> >> If I could teleport, I wouldn't mind traveling. The thought of being
> >> cooped up in an aluminum tube with a couple hundred strangers
> >> for half a day doesn't appeal one little bit.
> >>
> >> Cindy Hamilton
> >>
> >
> > Many flights to Europe from the east leave about dinner time. Order a
> > second drink or wine with dinner and then sleep the rest of the way and
> > arrive in the morning.
> >
> > To make it worthwhile you have to go for at least 10 to 14 days. IMO,
> > well worth doing at least once in your life.
> >
> > Even seeing other parts of the US is good too. I've know people that
> > never ventured 50 miles from where they were born.
> >
> > I run up and down the east coast a few times a year but that is not
> > seeing anything but highway to my destination in 18 hours. On a
> > vacation to see things that trip should be 5 days or more as it has been
> > in the past.
> I love flying. I love the take off. I love the landing, I love looking
> out the window and watching the world go by. I don't like the waiting.
> For me to fly to Europe these days I have to drive to Toronto, which
> will take a minimum hour and a half, but often much more. Then you
> have to be there 2-3 hours early. Then you board and sit there waiting
> to take off.
>
> My last trip over was 12 years ago. We left in good time to account for
> traffic, so of course there were no delays and we ended up at the
> airport 4 hours early. We departed in the evening and arrived as
> Schipol at about 5am and had a 4 hour layover, then on to Tallinn
> Estonia, arriving there around noon. Our niece's husband picked us up
> and drove us to their apartment where we caught up with our niece while
> he went back to work.
>
> I was tired enough, but after a a couple drinks and a late dinner I was
> near exhaustion. We had been up early at home, left for the airport
> around 1 pm. our time and it was almost midnight their time by the time
> I went to bed.... in a room with white walls, sheer white curtains that
> covered half the window and at that time of year the sun went down at
> about 11:30 and was back up an hour later.

The flight over here is pretty boring because it's mostly over a great expanse of water. If you're lucky, you might get some turbulence or your engine might blow up. That's always fun. Oddly enough, renting a car on this rock would probably cost more than the plane ticket. Some people will rent a U-Haul to drive around because it'll be cheaper. Ha ha, that's so weird.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5USIHRljCs