So, after a significantly delayed arrival, we only had time for a fleeting visit to the smaller Senator lounge in the A Concourse at Frankfurt airport. Still this was enough time to grab a glass of Sekt, and top-up on munchies.

On the way out, Willard noticed this magnificent Gingerbread House at the entrance! It's a good job Willard was on his best behaviour, or Lufthansa would probably have been short of one Christmas display in pretty short order!

Willard tests the seat on this old-config Lufthansa 747, the flight is so full that he does not seem to have been given his own seat on this sector, and, after observing Ken trying to get out of his seat when our neighbour was reclined, Willard decides that this operation requires ropes, crampons and 3 sherpas! The sooner Lufty gets rid of these old-config planes and upgrades everything to the new business class, the better...

But one thing you can say is that the food on Lufthansa is not bad in Business class - not as good as the dedicated 2-class airlines, for sure, but very acceptable and imaginative. We were advised (ordered is a slightly strong word to use) by our FA on the last flight to select the roast goose, a seasonal special, and I must admit it did not dissapoint!

After a sleep, and a minor mountineering expedition to the lavatories, we wake and find we are traversing the coast on our way down to Thailand.