Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Ship lag

We all know about jet lag that happens when you cross time zones. Well it
also happens on a ship journey, just at a slower pace. We crossed 6 time
zones between NY and Gibraltar. We had to "spring ahead" every day or two
at sea and lose an hour. It's like having daylight savings time begin 6
times in a couple of weeks. You only lose an hour at a time, but you
still feel the loss. Leaving Gibraltar and heading back west, we had to
"fall back" and thankfully re-gained an hour. 25 hour days are nicer than
23 hour ones. More time to sleep.

We still may lose the hour again, and possibly more, depending on what our
final port in Europe will be. Our last destination is still up in the
air. In the end, we all will return to normal when we arrive home, weary
from all of our time traveling.

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