{"id":1680,"date":"2007-09-30T03:13:39","date_gmt":"2007-09-30T08:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/no-sleep-til-milan\/"},"modified":"2007-09-30T03:13:39","modified_gmt":"2007-09-30T08:13:39","slug":"no-sleep-til-milan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/no-sleep-til-milan","title":{"rendered":"No sleep ’til Milan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Someday, I’m gonna be able to sleep on a transatlantic flight. That didn’t happen on this trip, so here’s how the last day-plus went as we got from NJ to Milan:<\/p>\n

Friday, 5:15pm<\/em> – board plane for alleged 5:50pm departure; in fact, because of Friday evening air traffic and crappy NE corridor weather, the flight is delayed<\/p>\n

Friday, 7:15pm – Saturday, 8:30pm<\/em> – listen to all sorts of crazy music, finish Spook Country<\/a>, read new issue of Reason<\/a>, watch Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang<\/a> (second time, just as entertaining as the first), watch the first episode of New York<\/a> (second time, just as illuminating as the first), fail to sleep.<\/p>\n

Saturday, 8:30am<\/em> – land in Milan (6 hours ahead), where Amy & I go through the easiest passport control ever<\/p>\n

8:35am-10am<\/em> – get luggage, take cab ride from Malpensa airport to the city (one of my coworkers was on our flight), marvel over how much of the 45-minute trip resembles a drive down Rt. 46 back in NJ, check into hotel<\/p>\n

10:15am-3:15pm<\/em> – sleep, then wake up worrying that we’ve thrown off our sleep-patterns for the entire trip<\/p>\n

3:15pm-8pm<\/em> – clean up, meander down to Duomo, get overpriced dinner, keep meandering, try to figure out why orthodox Jews are out before sunset, take lots of pix<\/p>\n

8pm-9:45pm<\/em> – internet, TV (including Scotland vs. Italy Rugby World Cup match, made interesting by the fact that neither of us know anything about rugby), and a little reading<\/p>\n

9:45pm<\/em> – take some Nyquil, as we’re both still nagged by colds<\/p>\n

Sunday, 9am<\/em> – wake up after eleven hours of sleep<\/em>, stop worrying about sleep-patterns for trip<\/p>\n

It’s rainy and cool, but I’m sure we’ll do plenty more meandering today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Someday, I’m gonna be able to sleep on a transatlantic flight. That didn’t happen on this trip, so here’s how the last day-plus went as we got from NJ to Milan: Friday, 5:15pm – board plane for alleged 5:50pm departure; in fact, because of Friday evening air traffic and crappy NE corridor weather, the flight … <\/p>\n

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