Jonny had fixed the overnight room of his apartment building for me to use, unfortunately it did not help my sleep that much. So when waking up at 5:45 am I was a bit tired.
We got an Über to the airport instead of travelling by Flygbussarna or metro+express. If we’re going to go in class, we need to start right away… After a swift bag drop we headed for the Fast track through security and on to the SAS lounge. Some breakfast later (and both beer & wine for Jonny) we left for boarding our flight to Frankfurt with Lufthansa.
The boarding went well but there were some chaos in business class just beside me when passengers tried to sit in 4A (which was the gate, not their seat) as well as a fellow trying to squeeze in to the empty middle seat between two business travelers. A while later in the air the breakfast was served that contained a lot of milk products. So I had to get a glass of wine to balance the milk protein (and a second serving later on).
We landed in Frankfurt and directly made our way towards the “duty free” store due to that I had to purchase some facial & body products. On the way through terminal A we noticed a way to terminal B and the gate B26, but since neither me or Jonny remembered how terminal B was setup we continued first to the shop where I noticed a 2 or 3 L bottle of Hendricks, and then to the lounge. At the lounge we were told that there was actually a lounge at terminal B as well, so we headed there, through the loooooooong underground passage.
We stayed at the lounge, drinking some alcoholic beverages, eating more or less, charging our devices until boarding time, which was not boarding time. The reason being that the original aircraft was damaged/broken, which we later found out was due to thunderstorms. So the boarding was one hour later (or one hour with more lounge time), and we boarded to the business class section.
I wonder how I will ever be able to sit in coach after this…
It’s spacious, the service is recommendable, food is on plates using real cutlery, drinks in glasses and ceramic cups.
Oh my goodness!
Our hostess, Agnes ??, no, that was not it, was very helpful (and pretty) and Jonny also got the attention of the cabin hostess who was from Turkey. We got more then our share of food and drinks, some were better then others. The best of flying business? The space, to sit, relax and foremost ability to sleep, laying down! Then comes the service with the food on real plates and all that. Unfortunately the WC’s are the same size as in coach.
We land approx 40 minutes late at Mexico City Airport and went right ahead towards the enormously long line for immigration. Fortunately we found the automatic machines and suddenly we were waiting for our bags. The customs, well, there were not really any customs.
We decided to get a taxi to the hotel, and this had to be pre-paid, but that went smooth. So did the taxi ride, sort of. It went fast, really fast, and the driver had some beef with another truck driver, a few extremely close calls to be in an accident, but we got to the hotel.
After checking in and noticing that our safe did not work, we went out to see some sights and to the first taco for the trip. Even if it was a Friday night we did not stay out, both of us tired and knowing that a long Saturday lay ahead of us.
