ITINERARY

Here's our three-month itinerary for folks who want to follow our travels.

• Leave Grand Rapids, April 4, 8:40
  
• Leave LAX, April 4, 21:00 (yes, we're cool with the 24 hour clock) (Hope to visit with niece Rachel Rienstra in LA since we'll be there for HOURS)
  
• Arrive Iloilo City, Philippines (via Manila): 10:05, April 6 (btw that's "e-low-e-low" in tagalog) (Yes that's two days later! I think we lose a day since we're flying backward around the world, but will get it back when we arrive back in the good old USA.)
  
• Leave Iloilo City: 16:55, April 16
• Arrive Auckand NZ (via Melbourne) 14:50 April 17
• Leave Christchurch NZ 5:50 May 6
• Arrive Johannesburg SA May 6, 16:10 (via Sydney)
• Leave Capetown SA May 24, 19:15
• Arrive Glasgow UK May 25, 10:05 (via London)
• Leave Glasgow UK June 4 10:35
• Arrive Malaga, Spain June 4, 20:10 (via London)
  
• Leave Malaga, June 11, 11:00
• Arrive Barcelona, June 11, 12:20
• Leave Barcelona, June 16, 12:05
• Arrive Geneva, June 16, 13:40 (drive to Taize)
  
• Leave Geneva, June 24, 7:oo, to London, and home
• Arrive Grand Rapids, June 24, 19:59
  
• Leave June 25 (Again!) by car to Lake Leenanau for a family vacation.
  
• Home in South Bend Monday July 4 (What a day to arrive back in the good old USA!)
  

We've listed the various monasteries and Christian communities we'll be staying at in order in the links section. Of course, we'll be doing some travelling and sight-seeing between monastic stays.