Swiss Family Schuchardt: We Take A Once-In-A-Lifetime Trip

Courtesy of dear friends, we were offered a 72-hour trip to Maine for our anniversary. Courtesy of our friend's frequent flyer miles, we got to fly Business Class on Lufthansa.

Let me translate that for you: we got to fly Business Class on Lufthansa.

You only want to do this once in your lifetime. You do NOT want this to become an acquired taste. Trust me.

But as my Dad said, you should always fly first class once in your life. Most people wait until they're dead just to ride in a limousine, so it's good to get it out of the way ahead of time. How fun was it? Oh just look at these ridiculous pictures...

Big ole jet airliner, carry me to my home.

That's actually our neighborhood from the air. We flew from Milano to Frankfurt (before heading across the Atlantic), and flew right over Lugano, Switzerland. The frozen little lake in the middle right is Laghetto di Muzzano, and is a three-minute walk from our apartment in the suburb of Sorengo. Our apartment is in about the dead center of this picture. Cool, huh?

How much of a geek do you have to be to actually take a picture to prove that you're flying in Business Class? Well, apparently this much of one. Plus, we were given the bulkhead seat for a reason...

We had a baby on board! No, Rachel didn't give birth on the flight, but we brought a baby with us. That's Oliver John Schuchardt wishing you Ein Gutes Weinnacht oder etwas...

Oliver liked the bulkhead crib so much he repeatedly tried to leap out of it.

Courtesy of Lufthansa stewardesses who were helpless in the face of Oliver's cuteness, he got just about every tchotchke the airline could offer, including his first plastic bottle of apple juice with a real rubber nipple for sucking on. Oh, welcome to the world we've created for you, little man! Get ready for a lifetime of oral satisfiers for your every anxiety... Have you tried our lollipopscigarettescellphones? How about our food? You will one day.