Hello everyone!

I am a (mostly) silent reader in this forum and I always kind of envy those, who are travelling in an "upper class" style. I am working full time in the IT department of an insurance company, so no business travel - except for a few train rides in Germany and some inner-european flights. But not many miles available for upgrades ...

My holiday travels brought me around Europe and as far as Canada, New Zealand, Japan and China - but always in Economy class. Well, NZ was in Premium Eco because I feared that I might arrive in New Zealand with a desperately needed chiropractic treatment after 26 hours of flight. Letīs just say, that, since I am 6 ft 1 (1,86m) and around 220lb (100 kg) and my girlfriend is not much shorter (much less weight though), this flights werenīt always fun ...

This year, we did something completly different: We were flying Business Class! The first time in our lifes! Ta-da! Cue up the fanfares ...

So, I would like to tell the story of a C newbie, flying the first time in (more) style.

A quick warning: I am not a native speaker. My english teacher at school told me (15 years ago, but still mostly true), that my english skills were just good enough to ask where the toilet is and to order a beer. Which, at that time in my life, was also good enough for me as well ...
I hope, that my language skills are adequate for you. At least, you should be able to understand my train of thought. And my pictures are some sort of "common language", I hope.

I am going to focus on the flights and add some bits about the trip itself. Fore more pictures and the long commentary, I would like to refer to my (german) blog: Travellingdevil.de (direct link to the canada parts).

The report is divided into 5 parts:
- Introduction
- Flying BRU - LHR with SN
- Flying LHR - YVR with AC
- The Trip in Canada Part 1 - From Edmonton to Lake Louise
- The Trip in Canada Part 2 - From Lake Louise to Ainsworth Hot Springs
- The Trip in Canada Part 3 - From Ainsworth Hot Springs to Calgary
- The Trip in Canada Part 4 - From Calgary to Edmonton
- The Trip in Canada Part 5 - From Edmonton with the Canadian to Vancouver
- The Trip in Canada Part 6 - Vancouver Part 1
- Sidetrip from Vancouver to Whistler (Flight YWS - CXH with Whistler Air Floatplane) - Part 1 and Part 2 (the flight)
- Sidetrip from Vancouver to Victoria (Flight CXH - YWH with Harbour Air Floatplane) - Part 1 (the flight) and Part 2
- The Trip in Canada Part 6 - Vancouver Part 2
- Flying YVR - YUL - BRU with AC

I am trying to complete the trip report as fast as possible, but cannot gurantee to be as quick (and as good) as one of the trip report gods here. I will link the posts here in this post, if I finish a part.

Comments are appreciated. Misspellings are only included to amuse the reader.