John Paul II beatified in Vatican ceremony

Egan · 05-02-11, 11:50 AM

I was supposed to be going to Rome this weekend until we realised this was going on. Going in a fortnight instead when it's hopefully a bit quieter. even if we could have gotten a hotel room it would have been something like 4 times the normal price.

Gerald · 05-02-11, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Egan

I was supposed to be going to Rome this weekend until we realised this was going on. Going in a fortnight instead when it's hopefully a bit quieter. even if we could have gotten a hotel room it would have been something like 4 times the normal price.

I wish you-all, good luck with your trip, and hope you have a good time .... maybe there's a chance to be beatified, despite everything

Jimbuna · 05-02-11, 01:04 PM

Rome isn't cheap any time in my experience but it would probably be similar to trying to get a hotel room in London during the day of the royal wedding.

Gerald · 05-02-11, 01:17 PM

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Rome isn't cheap any time in my experience but it would probably be similar to trying to get a hotel room in London during the day of the royal wedding.

But who goes to London, where it rained .... almost all year round,

Jimbuna · 05-02-11, 01:45 PM

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But who goes to London, where it rained .... almost all year round,

A few more million tourists than visit Stockholm I'd bet.

Schroeder · 05-02-11, 01:48 PM

As if our decisions here will change the status of someone on the other side.

Yeah, god will surely think: Hey the beatified him...well John from now on you'll be something special here.

EDIT

Hmm no Skybird in here yet?

kranz · 05-02-11, 03:36 PM

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Hmm no Skybird in here yet?

he hasn't come back from the ceremony yet.

Gerald · 05-02-11, 01:58 PM

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A few more million tourists than visit Stockholm I'd bet.

Strange, huh London is a much bigger city and has thus more citizens living, I have also never claimed that Stockholm is more than just London in question, but ..... the beer tastes better and the girls are more willing,

Oberon · 05-02-11, 03:20 PM

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Strange, huh London is a much bigger city and has thus more citizens living, I have also never claimed that Stockholm is more than just London in question, but ..... the beer tastes better and the girls are more willing,

You've obviously been to the wrong places in London

Betonov · 05-02-11, 04:42 PM

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But who goes to London, where it rained .... almost all year round,

Me, visited a couple of years ago and sworn to return

Gerald · 05-02-11, 04:57 PM

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Me, visited a couple of years ago and sworn to return

Well I admit that the city has advantages, quite right and the people are friendly and that you should avoid red-haired girls ... they tend to have one of those damn mood, says one thing and do something else instead,

Egan · 05-02-11, 01:31 PM

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Rome isn't cheap any time in my experience but it would probably be similar to trying to get a hotel room in London during the day of the royal wedding.

I've been to Rome quite a bit and I've never found it that bad. Been worse the last couple of times because of the value of the pound against the Euro but still about bearable. Having said that. I was in Venice last autumn and it nearly bankrupted me - that's what i get for going there when it's still high season and the film festival is on.

Now, London and Paris are pricey whatever is going on.

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I wish you-all, good luck with your trip, and hope you have a good time .... maybe there's a chance to be beatified, despite everything

Beautified perhaps...

I don't think I'd make a very good saint. Mind you, from what I've been told there are quite a few saints who wouldn't have made very good saints so I'm discounting nothing.

Jimbuna · 05-02-11, 01:46 PM

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I've been to Rome quite a bit and I've never found it that bad. Been worse the last couple of times because of the value of the pound against the Euro but still about bearable. Having said that. I was in Venice last autumn and it nearly bankrupted me - that's what i get for going there when it's still high season and the film festival is on.

Now, London and Paris are pricey whatever is going on.

Venice is just crazy for prices...I'm thinking of Sorrento next possibly.

Egan · 05-02-11, 01:51 PM

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Venice is just crazy for prices...I'm thinking of Sorrento next possibly.

I love that part of the world. Napoli is a crazy old town but I really liked it. Capri, the Amalfi coast, Pompeii. Wish I was there right now. I'd like to go to Sorrento next time I'm down that way.

joea · 05-02-11, 04:36 PM

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I love that part of the world. Napoli is a crazy old town but I really liked it. Capri, the Amalfi coast, Pompeii. Wish I was there right now. I'd like to go to Sorrento next time I'm down that way.

I was there last July, fantastic place. Best pizza ever.

Huge lemons too.

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Egan Admiral Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 2,020 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	I was supposed to be going to Rome this weekend until we realised this was going on. Going in a fortnight instead when it's hopefully a bit quieter. even if we could have gotten a hotel room it would have been something like 4 times the normal price.