Hello All!
We made it. After 31 hours, 3 airline meals, 2 international airports, and 1 Hotel with
very small rooms, its now 6 am on Sunday and the youth are still sleeping.
I had written last night, but I couldn't get the internet to work so here's the main points of our travels thus far.
- Our flight out of Philly - we were 25th for take off, so instead of leaving at 6:30 we left at 8.
- Our shirts arrived to Reading at 4 pm after we left (they will be at the church for us upon our return)
- Our flight out of Frankfurt was changed to 11:25 am so we had time to breathe (thanks be to God)
- Kim's camera and Amanda's shoes set off security alarms in Frankfurt so they were treated to security checks
- Half of our luggage went strait onto the plane and the other half of it we claimed in Madrid
- Shane set off Security in Madrid and the guard thought Kim was his mom to which Shane clearly said "No!"
- We had our first prayer service in the Madrid Airport under the cross pictured here.
- Arrived in Santiago at about 6 pm local time - about 12 noon
- Met up with Paula at the air port, got settled into the hotel which is very nice, but the rooms are very "quaint" aka small.
- Had dinner in the hotel last night everything was relatively recognizable (except Lucy put what we have figured out is Spanish Ketchup on her pasta- to her credit it was between the french fries and the penne pasta and it was red)
- After dinner some of the youth saidthey weren't tired, that they wanted to walk around Santiago, but after sitting around for 15 minutes they all got groggy.
- We had Spirit filled Compline around 9:30 pm local time nearly 24 hours after we were scheduled to leave Philly (some of us hadn't slept for over 30 hours)
This morning we are heading off to explore Santiago de Compostela
We are going to Mass at noon.
I woke up Amanda and Lucy so that they can beautify themselves, and we have about 30 minutes until breakfast.
I'll write again tonight. Blessings
Thank you for all of your support, your prayers, and your love. We really appreciate it.
Adios (with God)
Your Pilgrims!
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