Sunday, August 14
Day 1 - DEPART -
Depart via best connections for our overnight flight with dinner arriving the next day. We enjoy in-flight movies, dinner and breakfast aloft.
Monday, August 15
Day 2 – WYD WELCOMING
Arrive Madrid and depending upon arrival time, enjoy a bus orientation tour of the city. Check-in and later today attend welcoming festivities throughout the city. Dinner on your own.
Tuesday, August 16
Days 3 – WYD OPENING
After breakfast this morning we join the WYD Opening and Mass in Cybeles Square.
Wednesday, August 17-19
Days 4-6 – MADRID WORLD YOUTH DAY
Depending upon final World Youth Day Programs following full American breakfast at our hotel, we participate each day in appropriate activities and return to the hotel. Dinners on our own or with WYD registration.
Saturday, August 20
Day 7 –MADRID WORLD YOUTH DAY AND VIGIL
Following the World Youth Day activities of today, we return to the hotel. We then make our way to the site of the World Youth Day Vigil and Closing Mass officiated by His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI. We spend the night at the Vigil site.
Sunday, August 21
Day 8 – WORLD YOUTH DAY CLOSING
Our World Youth Day celebration comes to a close today with the Holy Father’s Mass. At the conclusion of the event, we return to the hotel for free time. Overnight at our hotel and dinner is on our own.
Monday, August 22
Day 9 - FREE DAY WITH OPTIONS
Today is free for shopping, personal adventure or optional excursions including Avila, Toledo or L’Escorial. Overnight at our hotel and dinner is on our own.
Tuesday, August 23
Day 10 – RETURN
This morning following breakfast, we transfer to the airport for our return flight to our home city arriving later today with memories of a lifetime. |