More Aussie Activities

Well, today has been pretty eventful. We started off by having the usual breakfast of granola cereal, a piece of riasen bread, butter, and jam, a fruit and nut bar and some water. We packed all of the gear we needed for the day and headed out. Luckily we got on a buss from our housing with a group from South Africa. They were nice enough to let us onto their charter buss to the train station. From there we took the long ride to Central Station, Transferred and went to North Sydney station to get onto the Bay Harbor Bridge to start video taping the pilgrims on the pilgrimage walk. We walked all the way across the bridge and waited a few hours for a small group to walk across. Everyone else took a shortcut because they were already on the right side of the bridge. We then walked down to the HUGE dock where the big ocean liners come in. Angelica did a few stand ups for her resume tape with the Sydney Opera House in the bg. We got lunch (pizza that was fancy, but was not that great tasting) and the headed to our hotel for the night. We cannot stay at the vigil tonight due to the equipment that we have to carry. Our housing is locked tonight. We were up a creek without a paddle. The hotel is small, but only a 15min walk to the IMC where we can get transportation to the venue tonight and tomorrow. We asked politely at the information desk and then said we're American media. That phrase seems to open doors, and of course i used my good looks and charm to win over the lady! :p The preview for the next few days: Tomorrow is final mass with Papa, then back to housing for some sit-down interviews. Monday afternoon we leave Sydney. Our plane has been delayed 3 hrs already due to the pope's plane departing. Hopefully it won't be delayed much more, however I fear it will be. We disembark the plane, grab all of our baggage in Honolulu for customs and then re-board. WHAT A PAIN! Hope everyone liked the video i posted, however it looks MUCH better in person. Likewise the video was compressed and blogger doesn't like to have high quality video. Guess you'll just have to see the documentary. Maybe some pictures tonight or tomorrow. Again, thanks to all who have read my blogs and commented or sent me e-mails. Its nice to know people are thinking of you when you're on the other side of the world. Sydney is absolutely amazing and this expereience has affected me. I can't to come home tho. DPI is just around the corner. I'm getting very excited for that!! See everyone sooner than later.