Greece - Athens

Arrived at Athens at midnight after an 8 hour ferry ride on the Mediterranean Sea. We were amazed by how near our accommodation was to the attractions and central metro station, barely 100m away.

Day 1 - Slept until noon (as usual), and headed to Plaka for some day time shopping. We visited Acropolis later in the afternoon, followed by New Acropolis Museum and Temple of Zeus.

At night, we strolled around Plaka again and discovered some crowded shopping districts full of locals. From the picture you can actual see the Acropolis, pretty good place to be at night.

Favorite photo of Athens, over-seeing night Acropolis

Day 2 - We were dead tired by now as it was day 10 of our trip. Spent the afternoon in National Archaeological Museum and Panathenaic Stadium, where the first International Olympic Games was held.

Day 3 - Good things have to come to an end I guess and it's time to return to Dublin.

Experienced the most happening day on planes, and here's the story: My first flight to Copenhagen was delayed by 2 hours due to technical issues, causing me to miss my connecting flight to Dublin. The airline compensated me with alternate flights that bring me from Copenhagen to Frankfurt, then to Dublin. Fine. Then, the flight to Frankfurt got delayed by half an hour due to AC malfunction. When I arrived at Frankfurt, the connecting flight was about to fly in 10 minutes. I ran all the way from arrival to the gate, and guess what? Everyone was sitting around as the plane has yet fill its engine. Arrived at Dublin at 11:30pm instead of 6pm. No complains since exchange students are never in a rush to go back school. But I would never take anymore flights with the-airline-that-shall-not-be-named.