Day 26 - Final moments of Paris. Frankfurt transit

Final minute major sites – Invalides, Notre Dame, Ile St Louis
Mrs Chan was great in waking me up at 7am this morning... and we had a very productive final morning in Paris.


Invalides – site of Napoleon’s tomb


Notre Dame







We then headed to the small island adjacent to Notre Dame - Ile St Louis. My cousin recommended an ice creamery there - Berthillon. Although it was only 10am, I just had to try it given how close I was. My verdict - very worth trying.

What the?! Pierre Herme again!!!
After what I wrote yesterday, it was no surprise that Pierre Herme was to be revisited. Mainly because of the Ispahan. Also bought a few macarons to eat on the way back to Aus.


PH shop at Rue Bonaparte

Parisien taxi


ICE train (the german version of high speed train) to Frankfurt


We walked the length of the platform to reach our carriage – the 1st carriage and the 1st row of seats!!! There’s only a glass wall separating us from the driver’s compartment:


Time to enjoy the Ispahans:


Flight 6: FRA-SIN

• Airline: Lufthansa
• Flight #: LH778
  
• Plane: Boeing 747-400
  
• Departure Time: 14/5/09, 21:55
• Duration: 11 hrs
  
• Seats: 4A and 4C
  

After the 3-hour train ride and a hectic morning, I was looking forward to take a shower at Frankfurt airport's Lufthansa lounge.



We were in a brand new wing of the airport dedicated to LH and probably the A380 as well. There's a "Business Class priority lounge" for EACH gate, so you can board directly from the lounge. But when I asked about shower and free Wi-Fi... both were "NO"s to my great surprise. I couldn't believe such basic facilities were not accessible for J class passengers, and you can only get these (and more) in the "Senator's lounge" which was reserved for F class passengers and higher-level frequent flyers. Anyhow, LH does have a "normal" J lounge in another terminal, but we were not going to walk 20mins each way to get there for a shower and wi-fi.

We were in the "nose cabin" because first class is upstairs. Seats were "lie flat" but slanted at an angle. Not too bad, just like the last generation CX J seats. Cushioning was actually better than CX, so I managed about 7-8 hours sleep.



Service was very average and clumpsy and food was very "economy" like. So I won't even bother uploading photos for the food.