We left DC yesterday, bright and early, after a 6:00am Easter Morning Mass at the seminary. A couple of hours and a car ride later we arrived at JFK ready to fly to Poland.
Our flight to Moscow was pretty uneventful. (Thanks be to Sochi 2014, Aeroflot had all new planes.) For most of the parents, this will be something relieving to hear.
There were, however, some memorable events. We had no turbulence. We did have a salad and fish for breakfast...must be a Russian thing. And they always served your drink first before coming back with the meal later; meaning that if you weren't smart (like me) and downed your drink as soon as you got it, then the rest of your meal you just had to do without. Unless, that is, you were brave enough to ask for more when you got the chance.
Most of the pilgrims slept between movies and prayers, while some of us wish we could have slept. After a nine hour flight we finally arrived to Moscow. Our layover gave us just enough time to strech out legs and check the "Russia" box on our list of countries that we can say we've been to. We then boarded our connecting flight to Krakow. You can read about day two and our first day in Poland in the blog post that follows.
Thanks be to God we have made it safe and sound. Continue to pray for the fruits of our pilgrimage, especially for our openness to the graces that God wishes to bestow on each of us while we continue this journey of faith and hope. Enjoy the photos from our departure in the gallery below!
Br. Christopher Etheridge
IVE Seminarian
Our flight to Moscow was pretty uneventful. (Thanks be to Sochi 2014, Aeroflot had all new planes.) For most of the parents, this will be something relieving to hear.
There were, however, some memorable events. We had no turbulence. We did have a salad and fish for breakfast...must be a Russian thing. And they always served your drink first before coming back with the meal later; meaning that if you weren't smart (like me) and downed your drink as soon as you got it, then the rest of your meal you just had to do without. Unless, that is, you were brave enough to ask for more when you got the chance.
Most of the pilgrims slept between movies and prayers, while some of us wish we could have slept. After a nine hour flight we finally arrived to Moscow. Our layover gave us just enough time to strech out legs and check the "Russia" box on our list of countries that we can say we've been to. We then boarded our connecting flight to Krakow. You can read about day two and our first day in Poland in the blog post that follows.
Thanks be to God we have made it safe and sound. Continue to pray for the fruits of our pilgrimage, especially for our openness to the graces that God wishes to bestow on each of us while we continue this journey of faith and hope. Enjoy the photos from our departure in the gallery below!
Br. Christopher Etheridge
IVE Seminarian