First of all Matthew, welcome to FlyerTalk !

Motion sickness can be horrible and unrelenting....I used to get it a lot and its just the worst feeling.

I always had success with Marezine over the better known drug Dramamine, but you said you don't want to do the medication route.

On a recent cruise, friends used ginger pills (obtained at a health food store)...one night was especially rough, and where others felt ill (including me), they were fine. They took the pills routinely, morning and evening, on the cruise even when the seas were fine. They also said that simply drinking ginger ale would give your system some ginger which would help fend off the symptoms.

Other friends on the same cruise had gone to their Doctor and gotten the motion sickness patches and claimed they, too, worked well.

I doon't have much experience with the wristbands for motion sickness, but I did use them for morning sickness when I was pregnant with my first child and they did absolutely nothing for me.

I guess your best bet would be to ask your Doctor for a recommendation that best suits you.

Enjoy Germany! If you hang around here long emough, I imagine it'll just be one of many long distance flights you take.