I Made it to Milano

My flights went smoothly, and I was surprisingly un-exhausted when I got off the plane at Malpensa at 8:00 AM. I managed to sleep just a little bit on the plane. Getting the train and walking to my apartment didn't feel awful either. I contemplated just cleaning up and going to the office, but I figured that would set me up for a crash. Instead, I followed my patented red-eye-to-Europe system! If my flight is an early arrival flight, I go home (typically getting in my apartment by 10 AM-ish), have a nice shower, and then sleep for four hours. That seems to be enough sleep that I am able to spend the afternoon and early evening not feeling terrible, but not so long that I can't fall asleep at a good time that evening. This works surprisingly well! I am usually on my regular schedule by that next day.