Finally in Sydney (and it wasn’t easy)
Well, we finally made it to Sydney. Our first flight was canceled after a 6 hour delay so we got a 12 :00am red eye flight to Sydney, but we got on it and are now in Sydney. Sunday, therefore, was spent sleeping and then some sightseeing in Sydney and a few of our group went to Hillsong. Then we slept.
Monday half of us went to Sydney’s Taronga because we, as pilgrims, get a half price discount. We saw many many animals, but it seemed that every animal we approached preferred to show us their, am, lesser half. Very entertaining nonetheless. There were so many WYD pilgrims there and some were singing in the middle of the zoo being filmed (holding up zoo traffic, but still really cool!). Also there was a plane making crosses in the sky and wrote ‘Jesus’ also… so things are really heating up for WYD.
2 of our group wen to Darling Harbour to mill around with other pilgrims which looked really great and fun. Pilgrims singing, chatting etc. Apparently Sydney-siders are really surprised and think its “bigger than the Olympics.” At least in ambiance and atmosphere… wait until tomorrow, they haven’t seen anything yet.
Could write more but i’m a little tired and tomorrow is opening mass..so have to be rested! We also need to find something soft to sit on…its gonna be a long but exciting day.
See our photos for more on all our experiences.
