Trip Report #1: North America to Asia, The Long Way: Lufthansa First Class Lounge & Terminal in Frankfurt

Trip Report #1: North America to Asia, The Long Way: Lufthansa First Class Lounge & Terminal in Frankfurt

Introduction
Lufthansa B747-8 First Class Washington to Frankfurt
Lufthansa First Class Lounge & Terminal in Frankfurt
Lufthansa A380 First class Frankfurt to Tokyo
ANA Business Class Tokyo to Hong Kong + Lounge in NRT
Thai Airways New B747 First Class Bangkok to Tokyo
Cathay Pacific Business Class Tokyo to Hong Kong

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Sorry it took forever for me to update this trip report. I've been very busy with school work, and hopefully I will be able to keep up with this blog more often from now on.

So, back to the trip report. Customs at Frankfurt is always a chaos, especially if you're not an EU citizen. After about a 20min lineup, I was able to clear custom. I headed straight to the Lufthansa First Class lounge for yummy breakfast.

Here is the breakfast menu for today:

 Love the fresh juice and smoothie.

 Some Dim Sum

 

After breakfast, I still had about 5 hours to kill before my flight to Tokyo, so I decided to catch up on my emails and enjoy an early morning Weißbier before heading to the First Class Terminal.

In order to reach the FCT by foot, you have to exit the main terminal at arrival level and turn left. Keep walking for about 5-10 minutes until you see this:

Upon clearing Check-in and security, I headed straight to the showers. Luckily the bathtub room was available, so time for a much needed bubble bath! lol
 

 The signature First Class ducky is already bubbled up!

I didn't taken too many pictures of the terminal since I have been here a few times, and the excitement of exploring the place just wasn't there anymore.

 Rumor has it that FCT has over 200 whisky selections. Too bad I am not much of a whisky drinker.

 There is also a cigar room, I've always wanted to enjoy one here, but felt awkward doing so by myself. Maybe next time I will bring my dad lol.


Times flies by, and its almost time for boarding. My personal assistant came to escort me downstairs to meet my driver. YOU HEARD IT!
One of the coolest part about the FCT is that they drive you from the terminal right to your plane!
And here are the ride selections:

 Yup! Believe what you are seeming.

My ride today is the Porsche Cayenne:
Being an aviation geek, this part of being driven around one of the busiest airport in the world never EVER gets old.  Oh! and this Lufthansa A340 actually stopped taxi to make way for me.

 There we are, my home for the next 12 hours, on board the biggest commercial plane in the world.

This would be my 2nd time riding the A380, but it's the first time I am THIS close to the beast at ground level. It's simply overwhelming and breath-taking at the same time.

 My favorite bird, a 747, is parked next to it. How can this day get any better?!

Stay tuned for the next update, onboard Lufthansa A380 First class from Frankfurt to Tokyo.
Here is a preview of what's to come:

This isn't your average sized airplane lavatory