With my work pretty much where I needed it to be before leaving, I took the morning pretty easy — ran a fresh document build (which succeeded!), answered a few emails, and sorted out some other details.
Took BART to the airport. Was going to try and do the whole trip as carry-on (wheelie bag plus laptop bag), because of the tight connections (1:20 in Frankfurt and 0:45 in Vienna), which would have meant leaving the books and chess set behind. But Lufthansa/Austrian have very tight limits: one item only, and an 8kg (17 lb) weight limit. So I decided to check the bag. Arrived three hours before departure, just like they told me to. Went to the Lufthansa counter and had the easiest checkin ever. Right through security and was at the gate about two hours before boarding.
SFO to Frankfurt, 10 hours in an economy seat. Ugh. I like to set my watch to the new timezone as soon as we take off, and start telling myself right away that that’s the new time. So here we are at 37,000 feet over Idaho at 4:30 pm and I’m telling myself it’s after midnight and I need to get to sleep soon. It doesn’t come easy — I think that as I grow older I like the long cramped ride less and less. Still, I managed to get a few hours of semi-sleep somehow. Thank goodness for an aisle seat and the empty seat B!
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