Seoul - Frankfurt
Boeing 747-400
HL7421
Asiana First, Seat 2K
Flight time: 11.45h
Distance: 8'552km
Date: 22/12/12
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| Asiana First Class Lounge, Seoul |
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| Massage chairs at the lounge |
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| Quite classy |
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| mediocre headset |
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| Christmas decoration aboard this 747 |
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| 2K |
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| Shall we start with the culinary feast? |
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| Clouds over the Yellow Sea |
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| Amuse Bouche |
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| Foie gras mousse with blini, truffle and ginger compote |
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| Caviar with traditional garnishes |
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| Royal Oscietra Caviar |
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| Pepper crusted tuna with carrot and chive slaw |
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| Pickled mushroom and chick pea salad with baby leaf |
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| Creamy chicken soup with risotto ball |
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| A glass of Robert Keenan Winery Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 |
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| The main course |
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| Roasted veal tenderloin with lobster, mushroom ragout, and wilted cabbage with horseradish cream |
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| Somewhere close to Beijing |
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| Sweet finish: Tropezienne with blackberry sauce - next time I'll request Iphone 5 sauce... |
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| Even sweeter finish: Jackson-Triggs Vidal VQA Ice Wine 2008 - this one is exceptional |
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| Inner Mongolia |
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| 7 passengers in First, all male. What's that supposed to mean? |
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| Approaching Mongolia |
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| View from 4E & 4F |
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| Close to Ulaanbaatar |
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| My comfy seat 2K |
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| :-) |
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| Spacious cabin in the nose of this 747 |
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| Rather lonely little village in Mongolia |
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| Cheers ;-) |
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| 3 hours into the flight |
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| Recommended! |
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| Most airlines decorate their cabins with christmassy bling-bling during the festive season - I like |
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| Over Russia already |
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| L'Occitane amenities in the bathroom |
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| Close to Irkutsk |
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| The back of the cabin |
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| Flying over the Ural Mountains |
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| First Class passenger, second class manners |
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| Central Russia at dusk |
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| :-) |
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| Saint Petersburg/Petrograd/Leningrad - the northernmost city in the world to have a popultation of over one million - covered with snow |
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| Second serving |
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| Roasted beet with boiled quail egg, heirloom tomato and mustard vinaigrette |
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| Cumin scented lamb tenderloin, green olives & peas, and orange segments with tomato coulis |
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| Good evening, fella! |
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| Vanilla mousse, pineapple shavings, crunchy chocolate, and lemon dressing |
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| Flying into the sunset |
