The food's different. The water's different. Sleep is patchy. Within a day or two, your stomach turns.
It's such a common pattern most of us treat it as part of the deal. Long flights leave you bloated. Unfamiliar food disrupts the bacterial balance your gut has spent years building. Different time zones throw off the rhythm your body relies on for digestion and energy.
The result is the same whether you're backpacking in Vietnam or at a wedding in Italy. The days you've been saving up for end up filtered through a feeling that's hard to put your finger on.
It doesn't have to be that way!
