Dubai

18th July

Long-awaited day has arrived and having been packed for the past two weeks I spent most of my preperations on making sure that I REALLY DON'T NEED A VISA for Emirates anymore (since my transfer time was less than 24h).

Taking the exact same train (shout-outs to Express Regio for free wifi and air-conditioning. - but still the same old smell of the toilet throughout the whole carriage)  at 8:53, arriving at 12:02 in Warsaw Central Station, 2h43min before my departure. The train from Warsaw Central to the airport takes about 20 minutes. Nothing can go wrong, right? Wrong.

Arriving without delay I checked that the next train to the airport departs at 12:15. Perfect. As I took the train I started wondering why was I passing the river and the national stadium. I became even more worried when we arrived at Warsaw East station (Okęcie Airport is in west Warsaw). I got off the train, went to check the next train in the opposite direction and then I realised. One side of the table said 'Arrivals', the other said 'Departure'. I obviously checked the arrivals.

12:27 The next train to the airport is leaving in half an hour. According to the schedule I'm supposed to arrive 1h15min before my flight. I can't miss my flight to Dubai. Again. I didn't even have any currency for a taxi. So I had to wait. It was the longest 30 minutes in my life, I swear.

13:30 Got to the airport. Literally ran with a 30kg backpack on my bag and a hand luggage. Dripping in sweat I crawled up to the counter. MADE IT. I'M FLYING TO TANZANIA!!!

(Na lotnisku spotkałem Andrzeja 'Piaska' 'Cieplucha' Piasecznego.)

Having printed my boarding pass before I already had my seats assigned. I entered the plane with a ticket in my hand saying 'Seat 11K'. As soon as I passed Business Class I started looking for my seat. There was one issue though: Seats in economy class were starting from row 12. I don't know how and I don't know why this happened. But it happened to me and few other Polish SGH students around me. We were now sitting in Business Class on a flight to Dubai. For free. #yingyang

arrival to dubai. Saw the city from the plane by night. Looks impressive with the majestic but pretty tacky Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world.