All Things Considered, I’d Rather Be In Philadephia.
Oh, wait! I am.
I have a 4-hour layover because my flight was early. Have changed currency, eaten the obligatory cheese steak, and will soon board the 8+ hour flight to Frankfurt. From there, I take a 1 hour flight to Leipzig.
I don’t have much interesting travel stuff to report, except that so far, the flying has been easier than expected.
However, did want to talk about reading for a moment. The flight from Portland to Philly was 5+ hours, with no TV, no nothing. People read. And they read everything. The guy next to me was reading a baseball book that I hadn’t heard of, Field of Screams. A number of people were reading Stieg Larsson’s trilogy. Four people reading various Lee Child books. One person reading Michael Connolley’s 9 Dragons.
Everyone else–reading older books. Fantasy (some biz guy, reading The Sword of Shanara), lots of paranormal romance, and one old Patterson.
I read on my Kindle and it’ll work great (should the machine keep functioning). I love, love, love having so much choice. I brought 15 books with me, and am nearly done with the first. Great feeling.
Will report more–and more interesting things–in a day or two. I get into Leipzig at 3 in the afternoon, after essentially 24 hours inflight, so I expect to be wiped out tomorrow. Whenever tomorrow is.
When I fly back to Germany, I feel great the first day. Jet lag hits mit like a ton of bricks starting on the 2nd day.
Thanks, everyone. Jen, you can adjust the type as needed. It’s quite nice. I’ve been reading a lot. I’ll probably post the update tomorrow. Am tired tonight…
I just got the new wifi Kindle and I must say I absolutely love it. I wasn’t sure I would. I wasn’t going to spend $250 on something I didn’t really know if I’d like or not. When they got down to $139 I decided to try it and I’m so glad I did.
As you say – so many books in one small device that’s easy to read. I love real books too, but the Kindle is certainly an excellent thing for travel.
Have a wonderful trip and happy reading to you.
I will confess I do not know much about the Kindle. Is the print big enough to read without going cross-eyed? Oh the joy to have time to read! Travel safely.