Well here we go again, a different twist on the same thing. Bringing back some memories of 1987 and a flight from Brussels to Kinshasa on the previous version of Brussels Airlines named SABENA. An acronym for Such A Bad (or if you're English, add your own "b" expletive) Experience Never Again. I really cannot complain. A similar business class product to Air France with 160 degree recline configured in a 2-2-2 format. Good thing about flying with the French or Belgians is that you'll get good wine, usually good food and good cheeses. The rest is fairly much to be desired. The section was fairly empty again. 30 seats and maybe 12 filled. Only realized now how spoiled we were on Jet from Toronto. Drank some French Madoc and had some salmon 
thing as appetizer followed by a Veal Medallion (steak?) VERY DRY, followed by cheese (pretty good) and dessert (some mousse cake). Oh, before I forget, meal started with a drink + some olives (good) and some cashews + assorted nuts. In the nut mixture, I found a few dried wasabi-flavoured edamame beans. Wow! Almost worth the whole trip.
Watched "Amazing Grace", a fairly good film about John Newton, the composer/writer of the hymn Amazing Grace. It follows his life as a slave trader in Africa and how this had an impact on his life.
Forgot to talk about the Ammenity Bags. I'm a little bit of a fanatic collector of these over the years. Some are good, others are pathetic. Jet Airways was nice (Bulgari) but fairly empty and when I asked for a mask to sleep, they didn't have one. The socks were good with the "grippers" on the bottom. Brussels Airlines had a very interesting BAG, not a bag, but a BAG meaning a shoe bag (large format). A fairly high-quality bag with the usual inside but again, I was really impressed with the size and the quality.
Another thing I forgot, Belgian chocolates. A nice box of four were presented to us at the end of the meal. Probably worth $10-15. I kept it for a treat for later when I knew I would need it.
I actually slept about 3-4 hours (half the flight) and went through the newspapers and magazines fairly thoroughly before landing in Kigali, Rwanda at 6:30 PM local time.
thing as appetizer followed by a Veal Medallion (steak?) VERY DRY, followed by cheese (pretty good) and dessert (some mousse cake). Oh, before I forget, meal started with a drink + some olives (good) and some cashews + assorted nuts. In the nut mixture, I found a few dried wasabi-flavoured edamame beans. Wow! Almost worth the whole trip.Watched "Amazing Grace", a fairly good film about John Newton, the composer/writer of the hymn Amazing Grace. It follows his life as a slave trader in Africa and how this had an impact on his life.
Forgot to talk about the Ammenity Bags. I'm a little bit of a fanatic collector of these over the years. Some are good, others are pathetic. Jet Airways was nice (Bulgari) but fairly empty and when I asked for a mask to sleep, they didn't have one. The socks were good with the "grippers" on the bottom. Brussels Airlines had a very interesting BAG, not a bag, but a BAG meaning a shoe bag (large format). A fairly high-quality bag with the usual inside but again, I was really impressed with the size and the quality.
Another thing I forgot, Belgian chocolates. A nice box of four were presented to us at the end of the meal. Probably worth $10-15. I kept it for a treat for later when I knew I would need it.
I actually slept about 3-4 hours (half the flight) and went through the newspapers and magazines fairly thoroughly before landing in Kigali, Rwanda at 6:30 PM local time.
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