As the alarm buzzed at 2:15 in the morning it was not a welcome sound. I begrudgingly roused myself to take a shower (I know it sounds crazy but it sure did help wake me up!) and throw all of my toiletries in my bag. At 3 our bags were loaded into he coaches and we munched on a very quick breakfast in time for our 3:30 departure. As it could be expected, once on the coaches everyone was completely asleep after sadly waving goodbye to Germany.
Magically, 2 hours later we were awoken as we pulled into the Frankfurt airport. Everybody going to Greece got off at the first terminal, leaving our big luggage on the coach to stay in Germany while I disembarked with my two carry-ons. In the airport, it was pretty much straight forward. We got our tickets, made a quick Starbucks stop, went through security, and made it to our gate! We only had a couple of minutes to spare at our gate, where I hopped onto the free wifi there to send a couple of last minute emails before leaving Germany. 
Once in the plane, I fell asleep for the first bit of the ride. Once I woke up, I was treated t a snack and beverage as I settled in to read about one hundred pages of my book for school in the fall, which I am getting very close to finishing. Luckily, this helped speed the plane ride along and before I knew it we were descending into Athens! Once we landed, it was a breeze to get to our bus because we had no checked baggage! As we drove to our hotel we got glimpses of the beautiful Athens city, with the massive Acropolis and Parthenon lurking above us. Our hotel is quite nice! I am rooming with different people this time for the next three nights because not everybody is going to Greece! Once we arrived at the hotel, I did a little laundry to get ready for the next three days, and then we immediately went over to the Acropolis museum to see hundreds of statues, ruins, and relics that have been salvaged from the Acropolis. It is all such an impressive sight! After spending about an hour or so in the museum, we left and broke into small groups to walk around the city area near our hotel, which is at the base of the Acropolis and only a few short minutes from the plaka. We explored for about an hour, poking our head into clothing and relic shops, and then it was time to indulge in our first Grecian meal. And I was amazing! Salad with olive oil, feta cheese, tomatoes, cucumbers, beef, cheese pie, noodles, more cheese, potatoes, and finished off with some delicious chocolate mousse, it was definitely an impressive and delicious first food experience in Greece. After dinner, we walked as a group to the Plaka, a famous shopping and restaurant district in Athens near our hotel. Although we didn't do any shopping, we bookmarked many spots in our minds and decided that we definitely need to visit them tomorrow afternoon during our free time to pick up some souvenirs. We didn't have a huge amount of time, because we had an early bed check at 9:30 so that we would go to bed a little early because we had so little sleep today. The sleep will definitely be welcome! More Grecian adventures tomorrow...
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