No, I don't think you can have jet lag when the country you have visited is only two hours ahead of your home country. The day we returned home we were up at seven Moscow time and didn't sleep until 3 a.m. U.K. time. That was because we were excited still by the whole experience and didn't sleep on the plane. I do have a bit of a problem with sleep loss and I become sensitized to various things. For at least four days I was dogged by the motion of the boat even though I was on Terra Firma. It didn't really interfere with life but I was glad when the sensation went away. We brought home all the usual souvenirs. I said I would not get a load of stuff to clutter up my shelves, but I couldn't resist a matryouska doll and an amber bracelet and a fur hat, and a pendant and a shawl. After all those Russians have to make a living!
I have written in previous posts about disasters. In the case of Concorde, decisions by people, plus other factors were directly to blame for the event. In the case of the Penlee disaster it may have been avoided if someone had made a better choice in the time beforehand and as a consequence brave men and the ship's crew and the captain and his family died. 9/11 was certainly the result of wicked men committing a terrorist act, but even in this there was heroism notably by another Cornish man, Rick Rescorla who helped many to safety and left it too late to help himself. In situations like this we see what the human spirit is capable of both good and evil. What of disasters that come on people because of the earth restless movement of tectonic plates. Often people live near volcanoes because the land is rich and fertile and they have the chance of a better life there when the volcano is resting. We cannot blame them for that but sometimes people become complacent...
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