Boston Bruins 火熊熊將在2018年O.R.G. NHL中國運動會

[talkinaway]

I went to Japan quite a few years ago when I was in high school....99% sure I connected from Washington both ways. This was in the days before tablets and phones and any sort of in-seat entertainment, so I listened the hell out of my CDs. Heck, I seem to recall there even being empty seats on the flight - a miracle nowadays!

I don't recall the jet lag going over being bad for me at all, and I know I didn't sleep on the plane ride, because I'm a fussy sleeper. But it hit me like a ton of bricks coming back....the only time I've ever slept on an airplane was on the flight from DC to Logan in the middle of the day.

 

[Fenway]

I went to Japan quite a few years ago when I was in high school....99% sure I connected from Washington both ways. This was in the days before tablets and phones and any sort of in-seat entertainment, so I listened the hell out of my CDs. Heck, I seem to recall there even being empty seats on the flight - a miracle nowadays!

I don't recall the jet lag going over being bad for me at all, and I know I didn't sleep on the plane ride, because I'm a fussy sleeper. But it hit me like a ton of bricks coming back....the only time I've ever slept on an airplane was on the flight from DC to Logan in the middle of the day.

Likewise - long flights eastbound just take it out of you.

A guy I work with recently took a flight from Sydney to Dallas....took him over a week to bounce back.

Qantas (QF) #7 ✈ 24-May-2018 ✈ SYD / YSSY - KDFW ✈ FlightAware

 

[crimsonace]

I went to Japan quite a few years ago when I was in high school....99% sure I connected from Washington both ways. This was in the days before tablets and phones and any sort of in-seat entertainment, so I listened the hell out of my CDs. Heck, I seem to recall there even being empty seats on the flight - a miracle nowadays!

I don't recall the jet lag going over being bad for me at all, and I know I didn't sleep on the plane ride, because I'm a fussy sleeper. But it hit me like a ton of bricks coming back....the only time I've ever slept on an airplane was on the flight from DC to Logan in the middle of the day.

On all of my trips to Asia, I've never had much jet lag going west. I'd do weird things like wake up at 3 a.m. every night (or 3-4 p.m. EST), or have the urge to take a nap in the middle of the afternoon for a couple of days, but I'd get pretty normal pretty quick. The first day after coming back home, I woke up and felt like I had the worst hangover of my life ... and I hadn't had a drink in years. It took at least a week to get back to normal.

 

[Bruinaura]

The "Goodwill" trip has begun. I rarely fly, but that's an interesting seating arrangement...

 

[Fenway]

This is why

 

[Alicat]

The "Goodwill" trip has begun. I rarely fly, but that's an interesting seating arrangement...

I wish I had those seats when I went over to Manila.

These are what you get in 1st class or business class

 

[Fenway]

It's a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong flight

 

[Bruinaura]

It's a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong flight

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I hope they don't make them take the preseason trip too

 

[Fenway]

I wish I had those seats when I went over to Manila.

These are what you get in 1st class or business class

Beijing is almost 13 hours in the air from Logan. The plane flies over Svalbard which a Norwegian archipelago between mainland Norway and the North Pole. One of the world’s northernmost inhabited areas, it's known for its rugged, remote terrain of glaciers and frozen tundra sheltering polar bears, Svalbard reindeer and Arctic foxes. The Northern Lights are visible during winter, and summer brings the “midnight sun”—sunlight 24 hours a day.

 

[Bruinaura]

This is why

Oh, to have money....

 

[Bruinaura]

Beijing is almost 13 hours in the air from Logan. The plane flies over Svalbard which a Norwegian archipelago between mainland Norway and the North Pole. One of the world’s northernmost inhabited areas, it's known for its rugged, remote terrain of glaciers and frozen tundra sheltering polar bears, Svalbard reindeer and Arctic foxes. The Northern Lights are visible during winter, and summer brings the “midnight sun”—sunlight 24 hours a day.

 

[Alicat]

Beijing is almost 13 hours in the air from Logan. The plane flies over Svalbard which a Norwegian archipelago between mainland Norway and the North Pole. One of the world’s northernmost inhabited areas, it's known for its rugged, remote terrain of glaciers and frozen tundra sheltering polar bears, Svalbard reindeer and Arctic foxes. The Northern Lights are visible during winter, and summer brings the “midnight sun”—sunlight 24 hours a day.

Interesting.

I’m not sure I could handle 24 hours of sunlight.

 

[Bruinaura]

Interesting.

I’m not sure I could handle 24 hours of sunlight.

I'm guessing blackout curtains are very popular there

 

[Bruinaura]

Pretty cool they let their brothers go with them.

 

[talkinaway]

It's a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong flight

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This blew my mind, since I figured flying west would be faster, and I was 99% sure I flew west going to Japan. From peeking on FlightAware, it turns out I was right - Washington to Tokyo's a west-bound flight. I guess Japan's not as "right off the coast" of China as I thought, duh.

I had no idea Kuraly had a twin. Hope they have fun and soak everything in - international travel can really open you up to so many new experiences. Yes, I know Heinen's Canadian, and they both travel back-and-forth between the US and Canada, but as my dad once said, "I don't consider going to Canada international travel." (Which is why he had to hop a red eye from New York to Boston and back again one time to get his passport for a cruise. Oops.)

I wonder if they'll go back for the pre-season games...it wouldn't surprise me, as it's in a couple of months. It's nice that they do this "goodwill" stuff - hopefully it gets them some goodwill from the front office, and gets them out of signing buckets of pucks and doing the "behave in the arena" promos.

 

[Fenway]

This blew my mind, since I figured flying west would be faster, and I was 99% sure I flew west going to Japan. From peeking on FlightAware, it turns out I was right - Washington to Tokyo's a west-bound flight. I guess Japan's not as "right off the coast" of China as I thought, duh.

I had no idea Kuraly had a twin. Hope they have fun and soak everything in - international travel can really open you up to so many new experiences. Yes, I know Heinen's Canadian, and they both travel back-and-forth between the US and Canada, but as my dad once said, "I don't consider going to Canada international travel." (Which is why he had to hop a red eye from New York to Boston and back again one time to get his passport for a cruise. Oops.)

I wonder if they'll go back for the pre-season games...it wouldn't surprise me, as it's in a couple of months. It's nice that they do this "goodwill" stuff - hopefully it gets them some goodwill from the front office, and gets them out of signing buckets of pucks and doing the "behave in the arena" promos.

Coming back is another story - talk about spanning the globe

 

[Bruinaura]

Thinking about being in a plane for that long gives me the heebie-jeebies. And I'm not the type that can fall asleep on public transportation. Maybe if I had a setup like they've got I could do it.

Thankfully I don't anticipate ever having to make that kind of a trip.

 

[Fenway]

Thinking about being in a plane for that long gives me the heebie-jeebies. And I'm not the type that can fall asleep on public transportation. Maybe if I had a setup like they've got I could do it.

Thankfully I don't anticipate ever having to make that kind of a trip.

Not bad if you are rich

 

[Bruinaura]

Not bad if you are rich

Thus my dilemma

 

[Fenway]

Thus my dilemma

2 years ago when I went to Rio as a NBC freelancer they booked me on Boston/Toronto/Rio via Air Canada.

Imagine the joy of 300+ passengers when they announced both wifi and inboard entertainment were not available on a 10 hour flight. In fairness, they served free booze on the flight.

I was spoiled when I was young by the Air Shuttle that ran from Logan to LaGuardia from Eastern and then Pan Am. You could board the plane WITHOUT a ticket and pay on board.



In 1986 Pan Am went after Eastern



Eastern went broke in 1989 and the shuttle was sold to

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Travel is the worst part of my job and I think I have one year left in me.

 

[Bruinaura]

2 years ago when I went to Rio as a NBC freelancer they booked me on Boston/Toronto/Rio via Air Canada.

Imagine the joy of 300+ passengers when they announced both wifi and inboard entertainment were not available on a 10 hour flight. In fairness, they served free booze on the flight.

I was spoiled when I was young by the Air Shuttle that ran from Logan to LaGuardia from Eastern and then Pan Am. You could board the plane WITHOUT a ticket and pay on board.



In 1986 Pan Am went after Eastern



Eastern went broke in 1989 and the shuttle was sold to

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Travel is the worst part of my job and I think I have one year left in me.

Travel is definitely not for me anymore. My last significant trip was out west to New Mexico a few years ago and that pretty much hit my limit.

 

[ODAAT]

I`m not sure my asthma/allergies would be able to withstand the air quality. I`m like Paul Pfeiffer.....gonna wager only a few know who that might be

 

[Dr Hook]

I`m not sure my asthma/allergies would be able to withstand the air quality. I`m like Paul Pfeiffer.....gonna wager only a few know who that might be

The Wonder Years kid?

 

[Alicat]

Coming back is another story - talk about spanning the globe

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That route looks similar to the one I took going from Minneapolis to Tokyo.

We went straight across coming home since we flew to Atlanta.

I needed a week to recover.

Never slept the 16 or so hours to Manila but on the way home I was out before takeoff.

We had a group with us who had been over to Manila once before us so they used miles to upgrade to those seats.

 

[Fenway]