My new friends

As you can see I'm with some new friends and I'm heading off on a new adventure.

When I get to my new home I'll get them to send you a photo of where I am going to live.

Thanks for coming on my journey. I've asked my Tasmanian friend Mike to add some other things to the blog and he said that he would add some of the photos thatch was not able to add while we've been on Pilgrimage.

I was sad when he said goodbye but my new friends (I haven't really learnt their names yet - as you know I'm shy but I'm sure I will later) said that they will look after me really well. I'm really looking forward to meeting a whole lot of new friends.

Hope you catch up with you all really soon.

World Youth Day - Sunday

This is this last photo of my friend Tazzie and I at the final gathering of World Youth Day 2011. We managed to get a seat on the fence so we can see what is going on as our pilgrims set themselves up for the night.

I've asked Mike to fill you in about the next stage of my pilgrimage because I've headed off in a different direction to my Tasmanian Pilgrim friends.

(Mike speaking) As we left Cuatro Vientos I left Tas with two pilgrims from the USA. I took a photo as I said good bye to Tas and they were more than happy to look after him. That photo will be loaded here when the rest of us arrive back into Tasmania.

When they get back to the USA they will send me a photo of Tas in his new home and then I will post the final part of the story with some of the other photos I've not been able load whilst we've been on Pilgrimage.

Thrusday - Train Trip

I'm hoping that this photo of me on the train will get onto the blog but we'll see

World Youth Day - Saturday

Went out for a walk with Mike this morning but the silly fellow forgot to take his camera so I don't have anything to show that I saw the Pope as he drove down the Calle Gran Via on his way to a gathering this morning - doubt whether I will veer be that close again so I missed out badly.

This afternoon we head out on my final journey with Mike as we go to Cuatro Vientos, the place where we are sleeping out overnight. Sometime during the night or early tomorrow Mike is going to give me as a present to some people from Ireland who will be taking me back to Ireland with them.

I will be sad to say goodbye to Tazzie and Freddy the Bear but will be having a whole new adventure when I leave - when Mike gets back to Tasmania he will be able to add some photos to the blog so you will be able to see where we went on Pilgrimage and, hopefully, my new friends will send a photo back to Mike so he can tell you where I am. I hope you realize that Mike is putting this blog together because I have difficulty typing and he is really helpful (sometimes).

World Youth Day - Thursday

I'm getting really frustrated with the Wi fi in the centre where we are staying because the only way that I can show you what has been happening is to send an email with a photo attached and the emails won't go.

I was really lucky this morning because Tazzie and I got to sit on the knee of a very lovely lady as she look after us for a minute and I can't show you the photo (I didn't have time to write is up on Thursday night - read my friend Mike's blog to understand why - he was really busy).

I didn't see too much of what was happening today as it was really hot and I asked to stay in the shade of Mike's bag but the noise when the Holy Father was in the area was really loud and it frightened me at first until Mike told me it was alright.

I haven't seen any of the local animals - the only things are dogs, hardly even seen a cat around the place. Someone told Mike that they had seen a squirrel but that is all.

Hopefully gongs will be better tomorrow.

Madrid (Tuesday)

Well quite a lot has happened since we were in Lourdes on the weekend.
We left Lourdes after a big English Speaking mass and headed off to Loyola and Burgos Wherrett we stayed overnight on Sunday night. The visit in Lourdes was interesting - hearing about the life of St Ignatius and seeing where he lived and visiting the Church that had been built on the site.
We got a good sleep at Burgos but Mass was different for the Feast of the Assumption. Archbishop Adrian and Mike just stood there because it was all in Spanish and the other priest did it all.
I'm really lucky here in Madrid because I have my own bed- the top bunk. Mind you, I have to keep asking Mike to move some of his things so I can get to bed each night but otherwise it is ok. A bit warmer than I am used to but when in Spain ...
Today's picture is of Tazzie and I beside a fountain in the Plaza de Espana which is just over the road from where Mike and I and the rest of the Tassie Pilgrims are staying.
Off to Mass tonight - starts sometime after 8pm spew will be late home again.

Touring in Lourdes (Saturday)

Oops, I snuck onto Mike's iPad and put this photo on my blog but it wasn't my blog it was his so I had to sneak on today (actually Tuesday afternoon) and taken it off his blog and put it onto mine.
What I said on the other blog was that we did a tour of Lourdes and eventually got to the place where Bernadette was born. At the end of the tour we gathered for prayer at the new Parish Church which has the baptismal font which was used for Bernadette's baptism.
I asked Mike to take a photo just to show that Tazzie and I were there and he took our rears rather that front on and then wouldn't give me any other photos.