Time Zone Differences & Jet Lag

It's a good idea to buy a watch and change it to your arrival country's time before you board the plane. This way, you can start to acclimate to your destination's time zone before you arrive. If you can try and sleep when they normally would on the plane and stay awake all day until it is about 8 or 9pm their time. This will help out tremendously with jet lag!

A great website to use is http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/. The site lists the current time for various cities around the world. It might also be useful to add this to your home computer's favorites bar, so that it will be easily assessable to your family.

It's also a good idea to let friends and family know about the time differences before you head off. This way they won't be offended if communication occassionally becomes infrequent or if your calls occur during odd hours. Although I purchased a calling card, I could not find a pay phone in Belgium that would allow me to call using it. (Pay phones are a growing minority in Belgium). Furthermore, when I arrived at my dorm, I was told that I would not have internet access until the next day. This made getting in touch with my family and friends to inform them of my arrival nearly impossible.

Travel Safe,

Some Study Abroad Girl