My luggage finally arrived but not until 2:00pm! I wasted all morning waiting for it. Kept walking down to the Cafe shop. Oh my, the cafe is strong here! After it arrived I ran down the street to try on the dresses I saw the other day but they were going to siesta from 2:00 until 5:30. No wonder the economy is so bad here!
In route to Retiro Park and Cibeles Square, we stopped at a sidewalk cafe and had lunch... kind of a tuna noodle casserole. It was on a busy street with everyone heading to the parade route.
Marie met and took pictures with youths, and their flags, from 32 different countries today! It was a blast! We waited on a hill at the side of the parade route hoping to get a glimpse of the pope but to no avail. Well... I may have seen and got a picture of the popemobile. I'm not positve. Spent some time talking to some people from Marquette - originally from Lincoln Park. It was a grand time.
When we left, we simply followed the crowd and walked for a long ways. We were both pretty tired... we have walked for miles and miles since we've been here. We tried to avoid the subway and take buses back to the apartment but the bus routes are all detoured because of the pope so we ended back on the subway anyway. It wasn't very crowded at that time, though. Marie is so good at navigating us through the public transit system!
This is such an awesome event. Nothing else can compare. Maybe the Olympics would come close but it still such a different atmosphere because there is no one competing here for anything. Everyone has such a happy, excited expression despite the heat and the crowds. You can truly feel love!
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