In this installment of the blog, I’ll cover the actual lodge and stay experience, and in the next post I’ll cover the experience of going on game drives and some of the cool stuff we saw Booking Booking this stay was relatively straightforward. I went through a few different safari booking agents until I found …
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The Tastes and Sips of Johannesburg
Johannesburg has no shortage of great restaurants. While South Africa may not have a globally recognizable cuisine, the food landscape in Joburg is incredibly diverse and has influences from the African continent as well as all over the world Our first night in Joburg, we visited a restaurant that I fell in love with the …
Joburg City: Where We Stayed and Places of Interest
I’m going to break down the 1.5 days/2 nights we spent in the City of Johannesburg into our hotel experience and the points of interest we visited, followed by where we ate and drank. Since we ended up arriving in Johannesburg two days earlier than planned due to our last minute rerouting to avoid the …
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First Class on the Queen: Lufthansa First Class from Frankfurt to Johannesburg
There is always something awe-inspiring about stepping foot on a double-decker jumbo jet. Holy crap, this thing FLIES? We were directed left into the nose of the 747. If I had booked in advance, I would have loved snagging 1A and 1K, the most private seats at the very front of the cabin, but booking …
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The Lufthansa First Class Terminal Experience
After a surprisingly impressive flight on Lufthansa from Madrid to Frankfurt, it was time for a truly special part of this travel experience, a terminal dedicated to First Class passengers on one of the premier airlines in the world. To access the FCT from the main arrivals area, just exit and continue walking left. You’ll …
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Getting to Frankfurt via American Airlines and Lufthansa
The jewel of our outbound travel experience was Lufthansa First Class from Frankfurt to Johannesburg, but we needed to get to Frankfurt first. This first part is also where I made some crucial errors, as indecision about which European gateway city we would fly into ultimately cost me a seat in Business Class on the …
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Our Flight Itinerary (and how we booked)
The whole idea of our honeymoon started with my obsession with points and miles, and learning that it was possible to fly Cathay Pacific in First Class all the way to Africa for only 70,000 Alaska Airlines Miles. WARNING: Geeky Miles/Points post incoming. Read on only if you want to learn how to “Travel Hack”, …
The Chen and Pitts Travelogue 