Visiting Athens

Our first stop was Acropolis.

Acropolis by night, taken the first night when we were looking for a restaurant.

We didn't go there until the next day.

waiting for the metro

The entrance to the historical sites is free for students, or else it's 12 euros for an Acropolis pass (that allows you into a few other sites besides Acropolis)

The sky was rather cloudy, but with breaks allowing the sun to shine through (see the patch of light?)

We slowly climbed up...


...taking photos along the way. :)

I have no idea what we were talking about...

In small groups...

with some of the guys

with some of the girls

...and in big groups.

that's all 13 of us

We didn't always have someone to take a photo for us, so sometimes we had to rely on ourselves. (or on Alex :P)

Our photographer setting up the camera to take the first group photo that you saw in my first Greece post.

We walked on...

Odeon of Herodes Atticus (a theatre)
this is Kai Lun's: I can't get the whole view in one picture with my camera!

I wasn't the only one who wanted a photo ;)
(Kai Lun's the one who took this)

trying to get a better view

As you can see, I can only get half the view (but it's with me, so it's unique ;P )

Propylaea (the gateway to the top of Acropolis)
It was so windy here!

on the steps

arriving at the summit; that's Parthenon in the background

And of course, we had to take photos beside it.


And why not away from it?

Oops, we kinda blocked the view. :P

So here you can see it ;)

And not forgetting a photo with Parthenon whole.

the seven guys

the six girls

As it got rather sunny, we decided to take some "summer" photos.

Athens in summer!
(it wasn't that cold, unless if the wind started blowing!)

After some cajoling, Pei Xin decided to join us.

Okay, to be honest, I can't remember whether she needed to be persuaded :P

This is what was behind us (with some of the others already there)

We proceeded to join them and take photos facing the other way.

with Kai Lun and Mah

with Priya, Shobana, Pei Xin, and again Mah

And took some more summery photos.

from left: Alex, Pei Xin, Shobana, me and Kai Lun
(hehe, I just noticed that we have 3 girls encadrées (framed, in a way) by the guys, very symmetrical)

On the way out of the site.

I don't believe I knew Sia Ven was there :P

That's all for Acropolis, till the next post! ;)

[Thanks to everyone for the photos, especially those whose photos I used/am going to use in my posts! I can't give credit for each and every photo, so thank you in advance! ^_^ ]