We will be joining a 2 week tour to France beginning August 9th. We booked Delta premium economy seats. The flights are:
LAX (9:00AM) to Detroit (4:32PM) -- flight time: 4 1/2 hours
Detroit (6:15PM) to Paris (8/10, 8:10AM) --- flight time: 8 hours
Since we leave LAX early after a night's sleep, I think I am going to have trouble falling asleep on the flights. I am a light sleeper. Maybe on the second leg I can try to sleep a couple of hours, but they will be serving meal right around my PST midnight hours.
DW purchased tickets to visit Louvre on day of arrival at 1:00PM. The worst case for me would be without much sleep after 15 hours of flights, then have to be awake for another 12 hours before I can finally sleep at the hotel.
I tried melatonin in the past, but no obvious effect on me. Maybe I should stay up the night before I board in LAX, so I can try to sleep on the flights, but what if I cannot sleep and have to be awake for a total of 30 hours? Walking around Louvre will be a disaster for me.
After the first day, there will be bus trips. At least I can dose off there and no need to drive.
Any suggestions how you would batter this odd situation?
LAX (9:00AM) to Detroit (4:32PM) -- flight time: 4 1/2 hours
Detroit (6:15PM) to Paris (8/10, 8:10AM) --- flight time: 8 hours
Since we leave LAX early after a night's sleep, I think I am going to have trouble falling asleep on the flights. I am a light sleeper. Maybe on the second leg I can try to sleep a couple of hours, but they will be serving meal right around my PST midnight hours.
DW purchased tickets to visit Louvre on day of arrival at 1:00PM. The worst case for me would be without much sleep after 15 hours of flights, then have to be awake for another 12 hours before I can finally sleep at the hotel.
I tried melatonin in the past, but no obvious effect on me. Maybe I should stay up the night before I board in LAX, so I can try to sleep on the flights, but what if I cannot sleep and have to be awake for a total of 30 hours? Walking around Louvre will be a disaster for me.
After the first day, there will be bus trips. At least I can dose off there and no need to drive.
Any suggestions how you would batter this odd situation?