Like most of our vacations, our journey to Switzerland began at Pearson Airport in Toronto. We like to take non-stop flights wherever possible, however, there are no non-stop flight options between Toronto and Geneva. While this means that we will unfortunately have the added time of a connecting flight, it does open up more options in the choice of airlines. So instead of flying our usual choice of Air Canada Business Class, we decided to splurge a bit and fly First Class with Lufthansa, connecting in Munich.

The trip began with the usual stop for a late lunch in the Maple Leaf Lounge.

When it was time to board, a Lufthansa representative came to the lounge to take us to the aircraft. The gate area was very busy and chaotic, but we skipped the familiar zones 1 through 6 boarding lines, and they opened up a special lane and escorted us down the jet bridge and onto the aircraft.

The First Class cabin was cozy, with only 8 seats. The seats were spacious, with lots of storage space and offered nice views with 4 windows in each suite. Here we are getting settled in for the flight.

We were given our amenity kits, slippers and pyjamas for the flight, and were offered pre-flight drinks and snacks. Shortly after take-off, the caviar cart made the rounds before they started appetizers. Here’s a photo of one of the menu pages.

Here are the appetizers.

And finally the dessert cart!

After dinner, we finished up our movies and then got ready for bed. After returning from the washroom to change and freshen up, the flight attendants had our beds made up.

We let the flight attendants know that we would be skipping breakfast, in order to get as much sleep as possible. Since we had a 3 hour connection in Munich, there would be lots of time to get a shower and a nice breakfast in the lounge upon arrival. While the bed was comfortable enough, with plenty of leg and elbow room (unlike the Business Class pods on Air Canada which tend to be a little narrow at the feet), it was difficult to get a really great sleep, given the time of day. Our flight left Toronto around 5:45 and arrived in Munich about 8 hours later, which meant we were trying to get to sleep from about 8PM eastern time, which is a little too early.