I had a audience with the pope today.

...or more precisely 50,000 or so of my most devout friends and I shared some piazza time with the pope. He appeared on the big screen on the left (you can only see him if you truly have faith) and there was a tiny speck of papacy on the stage in the distance. He addressed us in Italian but I had trouble understanding him - I think it was the German accent. The downside was that the dome was closed for the occasion so I wasn't able to climb the stairs to the top. By the way, I found my way there on public transportation by asking a nun for directions - she gave me the directions in Italian and then followed up with some courteous Italian expression. I looked it up later and I think it loosely translates to "may you find forgiveness". What did she mean by that? I was just trying to find the right bus!