I was actually going to attempt to sleep on the plane a bit to minimize jet lag, but the key word there is attempt. I think taking a book actually sounds like a pretty good idea, thank you for that. Unfortunately I'll be sitting in the middle row of the plane, so looking out the windows isn't much of an option. :c Oh, and I think the Exhibition sounds really interesting too! I was kinda iffy on the idea at first, like "what if I fall? Walking in the dark is scary D:", but I got over that fast enough. I was also told there would be food at the end, and you have to eat that in the dark.
Oh, and I've definitely slept on couches that were comfortable before, and I don't really have a problem with sleeping on a couch the entire time. At least I'll remember it, lol. (also my sister has had that couch for a year and a half now it should be broken in dangit)
Wootwoot, congratulations! Going to Germany for a month was one of the single most exciting things I've done in my life. I went for a cultural exchange program, and got to stay in the small city of Marburg. Everything is awesome, bakeries are just a thing everyone accepts as being part of daily life, and everywhere around you is so much history and culture! (Especially coming from the US west coast, you'll be sure to notice how awesome it is to see things that are hundreds of years old!)
And on the topic of couches: I don't really mind, in fact they can be very comfy. Then again, I have the amazingly uncanny ability to fall asleep anywhere, on anything.
-Stone slab in the middle of a busy city center? No problem here.
-Theatre chair during a rock And roll adaptation of Shakespear's Macbeth, complete with light show and pyrotechniques? I'm already asleep halfway through.
-Old log in the woods that has been around for God knows how long, with creepy crawlys living inside it? I'm out like a light.
Sometimes I scare myself
