Champagne and eye masks
Trip Start
Nov 01, 2004
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43
51
Trip End
??? ??, 2006
Pacific Ocean,
New Zealand
Thursday, November 24, 2005
We had no idea what awaited us as we boarded the plane. But when we realised seats number 10C and 10D were in Club Condor Class we couldnīt stop ourselves from cheering. Once weīd calmed down a little and settled into our sofa seats the flight attendant came along to give us champagne. I had planned on not drinking on what would be my longest flight so far (11 hours) but champagne is hard to refuse.
For two happy campers whoīd lived in a tent for a few months the sudden change to first class travel was a bit of a shock. Our entire duty free shopping consisted of a Spanish phrase book. Now we had little goodie bags, fancy food, newspapers from three different countries and eight different wines to choose from.
Stretching out my legs the seat in front was still a good 30 cm away. Some Kiwi students were upgraded too so we all took turns taking pictures of each other to the bemusement of the regular first class travellers. This is the life!
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The day after our flight to Buenos Aires Aerolineas Argentinas went on strike for 9 days. The strike has since finished. Fingers crossed they donīt go on strike again or Christmas could be spent in the airport.
