I am not sure if the US news has covered the events of the Pope recently... but he's been in Sydney. This brought on an invasion of around 150,000 pilgrims from all over the world. Now, when most of us hear "from all over the world" we assume there is a good representation from the major countries. Not the case here. Literally there were people walking around with flags I have never seen before. Then there were the larger groups of Germans, French, Mexicans, Canadians, and of course Americans.
Sydney had something like 500 road closures over the weekend, and I was for all intensive purposes marooned in my neighborhood as the pope gave mass about two blocks from where I live. This also meant I was woken up at 7 AM on Sunday with the singing pilgrims on their way to mass - needless to say I wasn't very impressed.
Even more interestingly, they weren't the strictest of religious followers. One statistic said that 70% of the pilgrims would lose their virginity this weekend. Brothels had a 10% discount on 'sales and services.' The kicker is that the group which was staying in the residence hall of our school left a nice present of 6+ bottles of wine, 2 32 pack cases of beer, and various other beverages (all empty) in the lounge area of the school.
For those that are curious, I did not go see the Pope.
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