Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Pilgrimage: Travel Day

Today is a heavy day of travel as we leave Israel from Tel Aviv, fly to Frankfurt, Germany, then to Munich - then are transported to our hotel.   We had a 12:30 AM wakeup call in Jerusalem - some just never went to bed.  We boarded the bus and headed to the airport.  After LONG security lines - all kinds of questions from Israeli security - I think 3 times - we finally boarded our flight to Frankfurt - then our flight to Munich.  We passed by the Olympic village from the 1972 Olympics (Mark Spitz & the hostage crisis) and have made it to our hotel in Garmisch.  We have beautiful views out of our rooms - from the balconies - of the Alps (see the picture taken from the balcony of my room).  During our flight, I asked the pilgrims to reflect on what they've seen and experienced in the Holy Land - maybe even spending some time to write down their reflections - but because of the early hour. most of us slept. 

We arrived about 1:30 in our hotel in Garmisch - freshened up and headed into town for a bit to eat.  Tonight we'll have Mass in the hotel, then dinner at 8pm, then to bed.  After a VERY early morning and a long day of travel, a good German beer tasted REALLY good!

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