Day 0 - Travel to Europe

Trip Progress

Flights

MSP BOS (layover 1:20) LHR

Minneapolis

The trip started with a smooth arrival to the airport, a quick meal, conference call, and we boarded the plane for our first flight.

Unfortunately, we sat at the gate for 20 minutes due to weather out east.

We eventually made our taxi and takeoff — and a smooth flight/landing in Boston.

Flight: MSP -> BOS

Boston

As expected, we arrived in Boston a bit late - which wouldn’t have been a big deal except for our 1:20 layover - no problem, still plenty of time.

Or so we thought…

Because of nearby storms, departing planes were all being held at their gates and released one by one when cleared for takeoff. For us, this meant looking at our gate just a few hundred feet ahead of us, but not being able to dock because other planes were crowding the area. Another 20-30 minutes passed, I thought for sure we were going to miss our next flight.

We exited the plan and made our way down to tarmac level and hopped on a transfer bus. A 12 minute ride across the airport tarmac - which was pretty cool - and we were running to join the last two zones boarding.

A quick scan of the face, no passport or boarding pass required - ok Delta, that was pretty cool .

…and we were on the plane!

Apparently, two fingers up is the universal sign for We’re ready to go!

Flight: BOS -> LHR

Overcoming Jet Lag

I cannot sleep on planes. On this flight, I am trying a new tactic: a blanket tied in a loop around the headrest and my head…to keep me from nodding. I’m optimistic this will work for at least an hour or two of sleep.

Another tactic I am trying… I am already a 5:00 wake up person. This is essentially 12noon CEST. So, my plan is to spend a few days before the trip slowly getting up even earlier. 4:30…4:00…I got down to 3:30 the morning before the trip.

Preparing to land

The flight to London went well - except for there being no WI-FI, which completely killed my plan of getting some work wrapped up before the trip got underway.

Max has committed to trying lots of new food on this trip - we were all pleasantly surprised that our dinner meal on the flight was pretty good.

Are we having fun yet?!

Lights just went dim and I should try to grab some sleep before we land.