Boredom........How do you kill time on the road?
 

OK...just finished season 9 of House. Up to date on all the best sellers on Kindle.

How do you kill the time on the road? Travel every week, M-Th.

Any ideas?

1. Book: The Hidden Reality - by Brian Greene
2. TV: The Wire - HBO series from a few years back
3. Movies: Classic Westerns? (Magnificent Seven, The Searchers)

"Breaking Bad"

Watch all 6 seasons of Lost in a row - time will fly

Starwood forum? :confused:

(And, yes, I do have an answer. Think of better topic titles.)

I was like you, Ipad full of all seasons of 24, Spooks etc, more books than I could read, and I still make use of them, but 2 things recently have added to my diversion factor...

1) Busuu.com. learn a language, in my case Portuguese. The app doesnt cost more than a couple of dollars, and after about 3 months I am at conversational level.

2) get a UK Ip address (cost about 8 US dollars per month) which means you can then watch all BBC iplayer, ITV player, Channel 4 player, more TV than you can ever take in!

I try to kill time by working out, then exploring the city I am in. I read reviews and check out nearby beer bars and restaurants which sound interesting. If I'm in a small town, I will often drive to a nearby town 30 minutes or so away.

I've been watching old TV on netflix:
Rockford Files
X Files
Soap

And this has to do with Starwood in what way??? :confused:

As this is unrelated to Starwood, please follow it in the TravelBuzz forum.

l'etoile
sr. moderator

Read

Self gratification

In no particular order.

How about writing something for the world after you are gone?

I have two kids 2 and 6 and for each one I have a small black leather Moleskine notebook which I keep in my briefcase. I write the funny things they say and do and anything else that I want them to know. I am also working on a more profound "Word to the Wise" type of book for them.

I was inspired to do this by my great-grandfather, who toward the end of his very eventful and adventurous life in the 19th century wrote a book for his grandchildren entitled "For My Grand-Children".

My travel schedule and the nature of my job doesn't really allow for downtime, as I generally work 12-16 hours a day on the road (Meetings all day followed by evenings spent catching up with everything I missed...), but I find a good book kills time better than anything else. I'm currently rereading all of the Russian lit that I glossed over in college, and enjoying it this time around.

If you are in the US / Canada you can watch TV shows online too at various TV providers websites.

You could always spend time at Flyer Talk. :)