From the AP

[likethebeer]

Church wraps up official Pope mourning period

"The main courtyard of the Apostolic Palace will be sealed; tourists will be barred from visiting the dome of St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican gardens and the path cardinals will take to get from their hotel to the Sistine Chapel will be cleared of all people, he said."

Having dealt with enough people in my job, I'm wondering how many will whine that they can't get to St. Peter's Basilica. Relatively few, I'm sure, but there are many visitors to Rome. It'll happen. "But I came all the way from NYC/Paris/Tokyo/Delhi/Florence!"

Comments

tourists

[erisreg.livejournal.com]

yep,.. they always find something to inconvience them,..

Re: tourists

[binro33.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but anybody who's going to fly halfway across the planet for this is not likely to question a church dictate.

Re: tourists

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

I don't know--Have you ever worked with the public? I'm sayin', out of thousands of people, I can guarantee that there will be a couple that won't get it.

[em-porium.livejournal.com]

Yep, they probably will. No matter how many signs you put up in how many languages, there's always one...

BTW, did you see how much security they have put on St. Peter's?? It's insane what they have to do to jam electronic signals from going in and out!

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

I roll my eyes at how much attention is focused on this. Might as well speculate on the sex of Britney Spears' kid.

On the other hand, I'm just amused by the betting. I think that betting on the next Pope is old hat, after 2 millenia.

The electronic devices are a little absurd. The next Pope will be known, what, 3 hours before the rest of the world? At most? It's just a way to get ratings. I'll still be checking into the news, though, to see the next guy :)