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  <title><![CDATA[Erin's Trip Down Under]]></title>
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    <title><![CDATA[Homeward Bound]]></title>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Along with 100's of thousands of other pilgrims our little band is waiting patiently at Sydney airport to board their flight. The flight was scheduled to leave about 2pm their time...and has been delayed until 6pm. They are taking it all in stride and making the best of everything..no doubt shopping the airport shops! They found it nearly impossible to find internet cafes and have relied on international cell phones...no rollover minutes from there!!! ]]></content>
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    <published>2008-7-20T23:53:00-0100</published>
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    <title><![CDATA[WYD Opening Mass]]></title>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[WYD got into full swing today with an open air Mass celebrated by Cardinal Pell of Australia. The Mass included several languages and the Gospel was proclaimed in Polish...Yeah Father Josef!!&nbsp;The pilgrims have had a few things lost..a camera &amp; a cell phone. When encountering huge crowds they devised a plan so that they DON'T loose any pilgrims... they put Erin in front ( she has boney elbows) and they all line up behind her holding the backpack in front and away they go! ]]></content>
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    <published>2008-7-15T18:14:00-0100</published>
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    <title><![CDATA[Arrived in Sydney]]></title>
    <link href="http://et1303.webs.com/travellog.htm?blogentryid=3704216"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<P>The pilgrims arrived in Sydney at about 12:45am our time... (approx 2:45pm their time) They are staying in a Catholic school on the mezzanine above the gymnasium..."roughing it" a bit is good for the pilgrim soul! </P>]]></content>
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    <published>2008-7-14T19:38:00-0100</published>
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    <title><![CDATA[On the way to Sydney]]></title>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The day started very early today with "brekie" at 6am and then the trip to Melbourne airport to board the flight to Sydney. At posting we are&nbsp;awaiting word that they have arrived in Sydney... will keep you posted! Yesterday included a trip to the zoo ... amazing!! Do you know how small duck billed platypus are??...(about the size of a squirrel!)&nbsp; The visit to many old and beautiful churches in Melbourne was awesome as well as all the other activities that were planned so well for them but thier host Diocese and especially thank you to the host famileis that opened their homes and were so helpful to our rural pilgrims encountering thier first taste of big city "metro" transportation...Thank you and God Bless to all who helped!!]]></content>
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    <published>2008-7-13T22:48:00-0100</published>
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    <title><![CDATA[Arrived in Melbourne...Yeah!!]]></title>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<P>The pilgrims arrived safely in Melbourne at about 6:30pm (our time) on Thursday evening...There it was 8:30 am Friday. They were bused to a school and picked up by their host families. They went to Holy Mass in Melbourne with approx.&nbsp;29,000 other pilgrims in a stadium there. They have gone sightseeing around Melbourne and are spending time with their host families. It is cold..the coldest day this winter for Melbourne..about 50 degrees F in the daytime. It is windy so it feels colder but our hardy pilgrims from Western New York have "no worries" about it they are having a great time!!!&nbsp; </P>]]></content>
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    <published>2008-7-12T17:46:00-0100</published>
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