Second Childhood

The last time I came to Sweden I spent over a week fighting jet lag. For this trip I worked very hard to leave that concept behind. I did a few practical things that helped. The most effective was and has been setting my watch ahead as soon as I got onto the plain. Also my flight from Boston was at 20:40 so I stopped drinking Coffee at noon. Having gotten up very early in the morning I was already asleep when the plane took off. I should also mention that I took my pillow from home. That was key. Goose down squishes as small as a travel pillow and fit into my laptop backpack. I am happy to have it now as well. It gives me continuity. However The most important thing has been the refusal to translate the time change from the US to Europe. the constant tendency to remind myself that " THE TIME IS REALLY " whatever time it is in Maine, was never left uncorrected. It has worked. I went to sleep in Sweden at 20:00 and woke up 12 hours later. I have been in the present the entire time. This is my second full day in Sweden. I feel great. It's a good thing too because tomorrow I fly to Paris for the first time and I am confident that I will be able to enjoy every minute of the four days that I am there, and stay in the present moment. Then back to Sweden for Christmas. That's all for now, Candace

Challenge.......How To Keep The Mice Out Of This House While I Am Away For One Month........There is no Answer to this. Everything else is planned and purchased and I am more than ready to go. I am not solo on this trip and Travel is not new to me. Before children My husband and I drove our old car all over the states working in theater and getting a feel for local cultures. Being an actor you kind of take your culture with you because you are in a company working as a group in a play. Still there is no better way to feel a place than to live in it for a few months. I spent almost a year in New Mexico and now I look forward to going back to that mystical mysterious place someday. I grew up in New Jersey and have made my home in New York City , then in Los Angeles, and now in the best of all places I have ever been, the coast of Maine.I have no complaints. Now looking forward I see Europe and a new adventure. I went to Sweden last year to visit my daughter and loved it but I was timid and did not take advantage of the possibilities unending for exploring places I missed when I was young. Then I was spoiled and thought a good trip depended on spending as much money as I could. Now I love the challenge of going on the cheep with a few nice hotels now and then. So here I go.
I leave Maine in eleven days and will spend much of my Time in Sweden only this time I already have my tickets to Paris and to Istanbul. I am also thinking of adding a stop in Iceland to take in the Blue Lagoon. Thats it for now,

Candace