Today is the day

 Hola!

Finally I'm packed and ready to go so I am writing this from home and not the airport. We fly out at 9:10 this evening. There are still some questions to be answered about travel vouchers for our group but that will now have to wait until Spain. The Spanish attitude seems to be a little more relaxed than ours. Maybe that's a good thing. If you remember WYD in Cologne you will recall things didn't quite to plan with the organisation. The transport system certainly struggled.

Sydney worked a treat but relied heavily on the Parishes and the generous parishioners before WYD week and schools and school staff during the WYD festivities. But that's what makes it all a success, to be generous with your time and ability and to be open to the experience. Certainly I will be relying on the generosity of the locals of Caceres as I am being billeted there as a part of the Days in the Diocese.

I have had some communication with Bishop fisher's group in the Holy Land. An amazing experience! Each pilrgim group has their own official blog which can be accessed through the www.parra.catholic.org.au and click on the WYD button and then on the right hand side of the blue tool bar is the WYD Blog button. Click there and you can follow the progress and the experiences of each of the four groups from Parramatta Diocese.

Next blog will be from Spain, unless I get bored during our stop over in Dubai.

Adios.