Until our flight is scheduled to land at 11:00 AM Italian time at Marco Polo International Airport (VCE). We've got a water taxi scheduled to pick us up and I figure we'll get to the apartment around noon or so.
That will be 6:00 AM our time, so jet lag is going to be a pain in the you-know-what. But I think I figured out the perfect solution to help get over it - take the Number 1 Vaporetto (water bus) the entire length of the Grand Canal. It always seems easier to get your circadian rhythm reset to local time if you get outside during the daylight when you arrive, and stay up as late as you possibly can.
Given the fact that Jan and I are going to get up at early on Friday, drop the dogs off at the kennel when it opens at 7:00, then come back home, pack up the car and drive four hours to Paddy's and Jeff's in Tarrytown, planning to get there around lunch time.
Our flight leaves JFK at 5:40 PM, and it's about an hour taxi ride from their place to the airport. So by the time we check in at the apartment on Saturday, we'll have been going for about 24 hours straight, with little to no sleep, and THEN we're going to try to stay awake at least another 9 or 10 hours before going to bed in Venice.
Yeah yeah, I know I'm sure all of you are feeling very sorry for us, right? Then again, maybe not ;)
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