Our Flight to England-First Class!

When Josh and I got to the airport ready for our LONG flight to England we were told that our flight had been canceled. I was so sick! I thought we might now be able to go. The promptly told us that they had been able to get us on another flight that would stop in Paris before we went on to England. Oh, we could handle that. They also went on to tell us that the flight had been full so the only place they could put us was in the Business Elite section. Oh yes, very doable. I had no idea what to expect, but on this fight Business Elite meant First Class! I documented this flight because this may very well be a once in a lifetime thing for us.

We walked up to two oversized leather chairs with serious headphones, thick blankets and feather pillows. Not to mention a case full of the overnight essentials (fuzzy socks, ear plugs, toothbrush and toothpaste, mask, face lotion, and a teddy bear-just kidding, now teddy bear. But the rest was there!) They had also provided us with some little waters in case we were parched. The chairs behind us and in front of us were way far away as well, which I liked. We didn't feel so crammed in.

When we got into the plane we were promptly asked if we would like a goblet of orange juice or champagne. Yes please (on the orange juice, not champagne).

The we were handed a menu full of wonderful choices for our dinner later.

This is what my chair control panel looked like. You could put in in all sorts of positions and it even had a footrest. At night we could lay all the way back. Let me tell you the flight home wasn't nearly so great.

We had these great screens that told us all sorts of facts about our flight like where we were and how long we had to get there. It also had a map that showed us where our plane was.

We were next handed newspapers. Quickly after we were handed hot towels.

Our TV screens looked like this and we had a choice of tons of new releases.

For dinner we had three courses. This was our appetizer. I have no idea what it was, but it was wonderful. I think the other stuff was artichoke heart, an olive and some sort of fish.

These are the silverware that we were given. This is not a great angle (especially because it shows how spotty the silverware was) but the knife couldn't really even cut our rolls and we had to eat steak with them...good thing the steak was perfectly tender!

Dinner was risotto, pea pods (with a sauce to die for), steak and shrimp. Heavenly!

Then the dessert cart came. We could choose from three desserts, wine and coffee. We chose ice cream.

You could even choose your sauce on your ice cream. Are you kidding me.

The sleeping mask and ear plugs were awesome. I actually slept pretty well on the fight over.

In the morning we were presented with our choice of some egg and spinach concoction or granola. I chose granola and I am glad that I did...it was so good! Honestly the best I have ever had.

The french country side. I wished so badly that we could have stopped in Paris for a few days.

It was very hard to say goodbye to this wonderful plane. The flight over to England wasn't too bad either. Everyone was speaking french including the flight attendants and captain so we just sat back and enjoyed our ignorance to what was going on. The flight was only an hour, but they gave us a meal anyway and it was full of yummy french food. I have no idea what any of it was, but it was good.

Paris Airport.

I have to say that the flight was as much a highlight for Josh and I as anything else was. We felt so lucky to have that experience. I have to say the flight home was a rude awakening, but we were so tired by then that we just crashed anyway.