Aerophobia

The plane is the fastest means of transport. However, I would prefer trains, cars, feet, but not this flying device because I really really really have a fear of flying. My dream to go to the US is still a dream because I cannot take a grip on myself and go by plane there. Even the two-hours flight is a real torture for me. So I want this post to be a small and hopefully helpful thing. I am going to give some advice to whom, who also suffers from the aerophobia, how to manage to get rid of this.

1. First of all, don't drink alcohol on board!!! Our organism loses a lot of water during the flight and drinking alcohol only can harm you, although you feel relaxed.
2. Before the flight (one week or one day or whatever you want before) you can read your favorite book or do some shopping. Don't think about the flight!
3. During the flight try to watch a movie on the laptop. Try to digress from heeding how the turbines are working or how a stewardess is smiling.
4. Relax! Try to breathe calm. You can stand up and take a short walk through the plane...
5. My favorite way to digress from my fears is to speak with the fellow traveler, especially, if you have the same interests, at least dreading together is funny ;)

Now I don't have any fear. Wanna fly somewhere?

trains vs. planes

It seems that more and more Russian people who live for 2 cities (St Petersburg and Moscow) will prefer trains to planes in the near future. There are many people who have their families in St Petersburg but have their working place in Moscow or have to go there for meetings or conferences quite often. The distance between two cities is 800 km and going by car is quite difficult, as the trip lasts 6-10 hours with all these Russian traffic-jams and one will be very tired after the journey. You will say: planes. Yes, there are 36 (thirty-six!!!) flights a day (the actual information concerns 25.01.2014). The only trip lasts 1h - 1h 30min, but you also have to reach the airport, which are very often on the outskirts, and then the city after the arrival (do not forget these terrible traffic-jams), and then check-in... (The web check-in can surely save your time but not really.) However, it is one of the possibilities. What, you have a fear of flying like me? We still can reach in less than 4 hours without flying. We'll take the new train Sapsan! There's no difference in price in comparison to planes tickets. One only have to reach the railway station, which is almost everywhere in the city center and we arrive also in the city center. I already took the Sapsan and couldn't believe I was in Moscow after the only 3,5h journey as I actually was accustomed to the usual 10h trains... It seems, the train was replaced by the more convenient means plane, however, for me the train replaces now the plane.