Summary of April 23rd's Mercy Ambassador Meeting

On April 23rd, the Mercy Ambassadors met to discuss some important details of the trip. To begin, we looked over the official flight schedule for our trip. On Wednesday, June 11th, we will depart from Little Rock at 1:33 p.m. and from Chicago at 6:20 p.m. We will arrive in Paris at 9:25 a.m. on Thursday, June 12th! On Sunday, June 22nd, we will depart from Spain at 9:35 a.m., leave Newark at 3:39 p.m., Chicago at 8:05 p.m., and arrive back in Little Rock at 9:52 p.m. No worries, a more detailed trip itinerary will be posted later! It is incredibly important for everyone to pack a change of clothes and necessary toiletries in their carry-on should their luggage be lost. After all, there is no experience quite like wearing dirty clothes and feeling gross while abroad! We then discussed a few safety details of the trip. While sight seeing, everyone will partner up so that no one is lost. The curfew every night will be that every girl must be heading to their rooms by 10:30 p.m. and in their rooms at 11:00 p.m. Finally, we talked about the city of Madrid, and all of the exciting features of the city!


Puerta de Sol, seen above, will be our center point in Madrid. Because we are walking most places, it is definitely helpful that Madrid is a rather compact city! While in Madrid, we will be able to try a variety of foods, see artwork from artists such as Picasso, Goya and Velazquez, as well as experience "la movida", or the night life. While culture shock (pick-pocketing, different showers, and loud people... oh my!) may be a little startling at first, the experience is well worth it. Pictured below is the amazing we get the opportunity to see!






 

- Hailey