Growing Old in Style - Düsseldorf airport and the most boring lounge... in the world (Lufthansa Business Lounge).

Growing Old in Style – Düsseldorf airport and the most boring lounge… in the world (Lufthansa Business Lounge).

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Once I was in the terminal, I had a quick look around, and noted that there was a plane already waiting for me….

Ooh. Hello Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300ER! (and an interloping Austrian Airlines Airbus A320).

A quick clearance through the German Border, I was still air-side, so I decided to take the walkway over to Terminal C.

A short walk leading me to the C Pier – where Lufthansa family bases itself in Düsseldorf, and where Cathay Pacific also lives.

I chose this as my exit point into the public area, as I needed to grab my boarding pass.

It would be amazing if I actually stood still to take a photo.

I located the Cathay Pacific desks and after a very short wait, I was greeted.

Cathay Pacific Check-in area.

After a quick chat, and a confirmation I was taking no luggage with me to Hong Kong, the agent issued three passes for me:

The boarding pass
The lounge pass for the Lufthansa Business Lounge
The lounge pass for The Arrival in Hong Kong.

Don’t you just love paperwork? The silly thing is – if I just used the online version of the boarding pass, I would had missed out on The Arrival.

With those in hand, I headed through security and up to the lounge.

Hmmm. Free WiFi for 30 minutes. Better than a poke in the eye.

Düsseldorf Airport itself was getting ready for Christmas – as the signs were saying:

Lufthansa Business Class Lounge

I’m going to call it out here as I’ve described it in the title: the most boring lounge… in the world.

Whilst there is natural light, it is soaked up by the sheer amount of battleship grey in the place.

Military grey or Ocean Grey? It’s grey enough. Not 50 shades of it at least.

Looking at the food and beverage items, it was… middling.

Hmm. Drinks. But what’s that sign?

Non-stop Kaput!

German lounge = Haribo Goldbears. Other snacks foods are are available

Coffee Machine and beer on tap.

Yoghurt, Cheeses and Meats

Grey. So…. much… Grey. And brown. And Grey.

As it was nearing Christmas, there were some decorations out as well to make the place a little more festive.

Wireless Internet speeds were nothing to write home about either.

All in all, whilst it was a reasonable business class lounge, there was no stand out feature or nicety about it.

Other than it was grey.

I headed out of the lounge, and headed for the gate as boarding had begun. I passed the German passport checkpoint, with the Cathay Pacific gate rather busy.

With boarding commencing, I was blipped through and headed off to the waiting Boeing 777.

The waiting Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300ER to Hong Kong.

Next: Cathay Pacific Düsseldorf to Hong Kong in Business Class

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