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AA 120 JFK CDG 2115 1040 752 2AB

Anyone who thinks this is not the worst business class product in the air
put your hand up ... well, I don't think any person could honestly think
that. It's really not any good. Worse than United's. Seat comfort is sort
of Economy Plus, and the beds have elementary controls that don't do what
you want them to, plus they don't go anything like flat. Service is
perfunctory, not a big deal as all I wanted to do was sink down into my
seat and hide, and the food, which smelled kind of cafeteria-ish, was
easy to turn down. I did get ice cream, though, and a glass of Cognac,
which did its job.

LH2231 CDG MUC 1535 1700 320 11E, 11D was 12D, was 15EF

We got in half an hour early; the fast track pass saved us maybe ten
minutes in line, immigration was quick and easy, and getting our boarding
passes not straightened out took negligible time - I complained that
though I'd prereserved seats together, somehow the computer had decided
to give us (as before) separated seats in the wayback of the plane. The
not unfriendly agent typed away and said that though he saw our original
seat assignments, those seats were now full, and the cabin was pretty
full, and the best he could give us were the aisle in the nonreclining
exit row and the center in the reclining exit row. Whatever. After that
the walk to the shuttle station was lengthy, and a number of tourists had 
a hard time complying with the instructions of the security people at the 
Lufthansa area, but still we were in the Senator Lounge in the mid-11s.

It's an adequately appointed lounge, with almost enough electric
outlets, and okay food and drink. It did get a but crowded at times.
The basement location is a little offputting, but still we stayed there
until boarding time - 3 1/2 hours, during which I destroyed my health
with samples of every ardent spirit in the house and numerous cookies.

Boarding was slightly messful, and after hearing a bunch of grumbles
about him I challenged some guy who was pushing his way to the front 
of the line under the illusion that his Star Goldness was fancier than 
anyone else's. He was somewhat easily shamed.

On board, we traded 12D for 11D, an easy transaction because 12D is a
better seat, so we sat together after all.

The red Bordeaux was Chateau Kyolic, er, Kyanac, not substantially 
worse than what the Senator Lounge had offered, but still quite bad. 
Lilli reported that the Merlot was much better.

Next thing we were in Munich.

It's supposed to be easy to get to the Four Points Olympiapark, something
I dearly wanted to do before dark, but on the U-Bahn we got into a
conversation with this expatriate guy who told us that he knew exactly
where it was, just get off at the exit he was using. We were in the
first car, according to the hotel website directions, and I figured
something was screwy when he walked with us down to the rear end of the
platform, saw us upstairs, and vaguely pointed us in a direction, which
we dutifully took until it became clear that we were somewhat off. We
asked a passerby in broken German and sign language, who listened
sympathetically, muttered "ganz falsch,"  and pointed us in the 
opposite direction, where after we regained the station we found that
the hotel's directions were perfect.

A pleasant check-in, and soon we were on track again.

On entering our comfortable but not extraordinary room, we found a rather
odd platinum amenity - a pair of liter cans of Paulaner Oktoberfest and a 
3 oz packet of Manner wafers.

The weather was still fine, so we wandered downtown and eventually
found ourself at Augustiner am Dom for beers. Being a bit peckish, we
decided to split a Haxe, which was quite good but too much for our
senior appetites; we left almost as much as we had eaten and reflected
that we should have split half a Haxe. A half liter each of Helles and
Dunkeles.
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