Ok mom I'm blogging now, so you can be happy! :-) Today, August 17th, was a grand ole time. We started the day with a delicious breakfast at our hotel, NH Barajas. I had a make shift breakfast sandwich with salami and melted cheese and another piece of bread with tomato puree salt and pepper. Along with some kiwi and lime blossom tea breakfast was deee-vine. First thing we did as a group was go to a large gathering of "English speakers" for a catechesis which was more or less like a large catechism with a mass at the end proclaiming gods word, preaching pro-life and stuff. My favorite part though was probably singing and dancing before it all started with a band, whose lead singer was a monk from Ireland haha. It was a blast doing actions to the words and just watching all the other youths get into it. They said there were about 12,000ish people there just for the English catechesis! People from Canada, Australia, Jamaica, Ireland and, of course, the U.S. We ran into a few groups from Michigan too! Everyone had their chants and ours was "DETROIT BASKETBALLLL!" but I suggested "DETROIT DIOCESEEEE!" but that would have made too much sense haha. After mass let out we were off to lunch. The metro is crazy , but fun transferring and running into different WYD groups from all over the world. So once we found our destination we had a glorious meal at a place translated as The Museum of Ham haha. Good food, but it was kind of hectic with so many people trying to eat at the same time with WYD people everywhere. The crowds are a hassle, but it adds to the experience in a fun way i think. Trying to keep track of everyone making sure they don't miss the bus, metro, or mass is like a game we play constantly. No one has gotten (too) lost yet. (Knock on wood) After lunch we made our way to what I would call a meditative sing along with many other WYDers. None of the songs were in English, which was kind of a drag, but it was still an interesting experience. After that we walked the streets looking for dinner. We could use these food passes provided by WYD and I got a piece of pizza, small calzone, and a Coke. Good meal for just trading in a piece of paper, but the pizza had corn on it and turned out to be pretty nasty. The highlight of my day though was running into 3 cute polish girls wearing "free hugs" shirts. I was sitting eating ice cream with Kaitlyn, Reina, Rebecca, Paige, and Ivy and they looked over, so I went in for my free hugs! They were really nice and we ended up trading trinkets. That was a major bonus to an already good day. :-) After that we headed back to the hotel where we had birthday cake for Alex, made a USA banner, and played a game of Euchre. Allison and I lost to Grant and Kate. :-((( Oh and I got to lick like 100 stamps for post cards the group is sending out. Can you say tummy ache. Well now I'm sitting here with nothing else to say because I've caught up to what I'm doing right now which is blogging! Excited to show pictures!
p.s.Can't forget to give props to the best tour guide ever, Eduardo! He's the man! TTFN Ta Ta For Now!
--Kendal
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