What do you do for fun on the average layover. I need a project or hobby to keep me busy.

Thanks

 

I like going skinny-skiing, and to bullfights on acid.

 

Ponder why people would ever buy the over priced magazines, candy and trinkets from the ‘theft’ stores.....and have a realization, I just became a victim-

 

Try my best not to get the ‘rona.

 

Eat, sleep, exercise, surf Internet, read books

 

Run then eat and drink(usually with crew), short layover. Run, tour, then eat and drink long layover. Sometimes my runs turned into tours. I could always stop a run for something interesting once I stopped training for performance in road races. If you are not able to leave your hotel others will have to give you insight.

 

Workout, local beers/wine/booze, find some strange.
Wash, rinse, repeat.

 

I like running, so I do that. We have some great overnights for running. If the hotel has a good gym I'll go lift weights and relax in the pool. After that I like to find public parks nearby to go wander or I'll walk around town and see what I can find. Historical stuff, interesting buildings, people watching, etc. Some of our layovers have really great hikes nearby. I always get takeout for dinner and it's usually somewhat far away, so a lot of my time is spent walking to and from the restaurant. I try to avoid spending money on activities as my budget right now doesn't support that.

I'm a social guy but I'm kind of a slam clicker on overnights. I use the time to decompress. I did the bar scene in my 20s and got pretty burnt out by it. But I will jump on an opportunity to go out with the crew if they're doing something other than dinner or drinks.

 

Flying for a Fractional Operator the old joke about the Navy "join the Navy and see the world thru a porthole" applied to us as we rarely had more than 12 hours free of duty. If we did we were put on hotel standby with a 30 minute call out. So limited chances to go out and see much unless it was very close to the hotel. We also did a fair amount of FBO standby. The way I dealt with it was a gaming laptop. I could always grab some game time while chatting with other nerds, ahem, I mean players in my group over voice comm. I also kept an e-reader with me and got a lot of books read.

 

I visit Chick Fil-A and while listening to my Audible books. If I am feeling extra crazy I will by myself an aviation related magazine.