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Not quite as planned - part 1
This trip was full of surprises,
both great and let’s call some of them „not so great“.
It started out the day before,
when we did online check in for our flights and suddenly realized,
that those were not the seats we had picked when we had booked our
flights. Turns out that we had been upgraded to Business Class.
Score! What a nice surprise.
So when travel day rolled
around we got up around 7am, got ready and had breakfast before
loading the luggage into the car and heading off to the airport.
Even though it was a workday, traffic was light and we made it to
the airport with plenty of time. We stopped at the short term
parking, unloaded the luggage and rolled it inside the airport to
check it in. There were long lines left and right, but business
check in was all empty so this task was done within a very short
time. Luggage checked in to Orlando we headed outside, got into the
car and went to the long-term parking, parked the car and back we
went to the airport. Security was a breeze and then we walked
through the small duty free shop and ended up waiting at the gate
for about 10 minutes until it was time to board the small plane that
would take us to Frankfurt.
Once on board and in our seats
the flight attendants handed out their little treats,
Walkers shortbreads, before we
took off. A few minutes later we were already on our flight to
Frankfurt.
We both had some Coke during
the flight
and soon enough we landed again.
Since our home airport is
fairly small and not many people travel to Frankfurt, the small
airplane we travelled on was parked at the furthest out spot
possible. Then we had to get on a bus that took a LONG time to get
to the terminal. Once there we needed to get to another terminal, go
through a check point and finally made it to our terminal. On the
way we stopped at a Duty Free and Tom got himself a small bottle of
Whiskey and a small present for our friend Angelina. There was still
time until we had to get on the plane and since we travelled
Business Class, so why not visit the Business Lounge. Walked over,
showed our tickets and up we went.
We found a nice table
and got ourselves a drink and
some
Frankfurter sausages, baguette
and mustard for a quick snack. They even had free ice cream and
needless to say I had to try it. It was
peach sorbet and really
refreshing, the small bar was absolutely just the right size. And
since the internet was really good up there, we checked our mail and
messages and with just a few minutes to spare we made our way over
to the gate.
Turns out that they were not
ready for boarding yet and we had to wait a little longer anyway. We
got in line with everyone else and after another 20 minutes we were
allowed to board the plane. I had changed Lufthansa's seat
assignment to one that was closer to the exit and we quickly had
found our seats and settled in.
And as soon as we were settled
in the flight attendant offered us some drinks. We both got a
glass of champagne to celebrate
the start of our vacation. Another half an hour later the plane
pushed back
and we were finally on the way
to Orlando. Soon we had climbed up into the skies over Germany
and the flight attendants were
about to offer some more drinks and snacks. Tom and I both got a
glass of
dry white wine, a glass of
water and they handed out some roasted and salted almonds with it.
We snacked on it for a while, while watching TV. Funnily enough
there was a programme on about an English chef, who visited
Austria’s capital city, Vienna and learned about Austria’s cuisine
and its origins. It was a really well done programme. About an hour
and a half into the flight we were served some lunch.
How different Business Class
lunch is from Economy.
First off we were handed some
hot/cold towels to freshen up, then they put small white table
cloths on our tables before serving our starters. They had three
different ones and they all sounded delicious. We made our mind up
and Tom ordered the
Chicken Breast Gremolata with
Red Lentil Salad and Chive Olive Oil, which was as yummy as we
expected it to be. I had my heart set on the
Spiced Salmon with Turnip
Celery Salad, Frankfurt Style Pesto and Pumpkin Seeds, which was
equally tasty. We were also served some
butter and
fresh rolls with it. We had
some of the same crisp
white wine with it and it
was just perfect. After we had finished our starters we were
served a salad course,
Seasonal Leaf Salad with
Tomato, Cucumber and Wasabi Dressing. I was a bit suspicious of
the Wasabi Dressing being hot, but it had just the right amount
of spice to not be overpowering. The salad was fresh and crisp
and just what we had hoped for. Didn’t take long for our main
courses to arrive. Tom had asked for the
Prawns and Vegetable
Provencal with Tomato Stock and Mixed Rice. It looked yummy and
Tom was very happy with it. My choice had been the
Fried Breast of Corn-fed
Chicken with Jus, Leek Tomato Stew and Herb Polenta. It was
really good and we both enjoyed our food very much. We were both
pretty full when they took away our empty plates, but the flight
attendants told us that there were yummy desserts as well.
Again, there were three choices, one being a cheese plate, one
some fresh fruit, but we both opted for the
Crème Brulee Mango and
Pssion Fruit Ice Cream. This was definitely a first for both of
us and it was so good. They did offer coffee and tea, but none
of us did want any and we just went on to watch some more TV.
Tom stuck with some movies while I started watching a TV series
called “The Missing”. It had a lot of episodes and the more I
watched the more it gripped me. And while I was still watching
the first episode, the flight attendant came around with more
drinks and
some chocolate for each of
us. Since Tom didn’t want his, I had two sets to enjoy while
watching my series.
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