I arrived back in Zurich this morning after an overnight flight from Atlanta. I’m happy to be back in the land of sparkling water, public transportation, and most importantly, my own bed. Oh yeah, and it’s good to see the husband again, too.
Now I am faced with the daunting task of keeping myself awake until at least 9pm or so, since I am convinced that is the best way to beat jetlag when traveling east. Tomorrow I will be golden, but today I will be a zombie. I cannot sleep on planes. I have tons of stuff to blog about from this trip, but I’m thinking if I want it to actually be presented in coherent sentences, I’m going to have to wait until tomorrow to write it.
If you ever happen to be flying between Zurich and Atlanta, check out the daily Delta flight. All four times I have been on it, the plane has been virtually empty and I have had more than one seat to stretch out in. The main drawback is that it is an old plane, with no in-seat entertainment centers in coach class. And the movie on the way there was Rocky. Now I’ll watch almost anything on a plane (my standards for entertainment get really low when I’m trapped in a tiny seat for 8+ hours), but that’s just a line I couldn’t cross…
Welcome back.
Get the larger iPod. You can download movies and television shows and do not have to be dependent upon their entertainment options.
My last flight everyone else had the backseat screen system. But mine was broken. However, due to the iPod I had no complaints!
Good idea in theory, but I’d have a hard time justifying the purchase of a new ipod given how infrequently I use my current one. It borders on neglect.
I should probably just buy 3 batteries for my laptop and use that as in-flight entertainment.
C
Wait…do you mean the ORIGINAL Rocky?
TBF – nope, the dumbass new one. From my occasional glances up at the cabin screen, I can basically tell you the whole plot of the movie:
1) Rocky, who has had cheek and chin implants (as is the style in some alternate universe, apparently), wears a hat while giving advice to young aspiring boxers of various races
2) Rocky, who is much much too old to appear in a movie without a shirt on, decides to come out of retirement to fight one last time, possibly because someone questioned the size of his genitalia
3) Getting in shape montage! (Which caused me to have the montage song from Team America stuck in my head for the rest of the flight)
4) Big fight scene, led into with slowmo shots of Rocky walking into the arena with his training staff (which I swear contains a coach who died in a previous Rocky movie)
I forgot to glance up again to find out if he won. Oh well.
shouldnt you be telling us about the great Lufthansa flight?
glad you are back!
Glad you’re back! I wouldn’t recommend the iPod solution, the battery charge only lasts about 2 hours if you’re watching video.
And Stallone is in deep trouble for bringing human growth hormones into Australia. What a tool.
Sara, I would be downright thrilled if Lufthansa wanted to start a flight between Zurich and Atlanta…
Christina, do you mean to tell me that he doesn’t have that physique naturally? I’m shocked, shocked I say! I thought all 80-year-old men had 300 pounds of muscle under their wrinkly skin…