i haven’t heard that the pope will be in town since i arrived in new york. he has been to the city for a couple for days now, causing traffic jams and crowds of people strolling around the upper east side or fifth avenue to get a glimpse of „pope“. i am not very religious, but i believe in god and jesus. today is actually the big day. pope benedict is celebrating a holy mass in famous yankee stadium. so why seeing him in mariazell, when i can see him in yankee stadium? the thing is: actually i cannot. it’s impossible to get tickets, because each of the tickets has the owner’s name printed on, which you have to show with an ID. no blackmarket. so. no pope for me.
in the meanwhile i am meeting a potential future roommate. a woman, i guess end of thirty, who is also searching for something new. she is nice, we have breakfast, she tells me about her two cats. a little bit edith-klinger-type 😉 but after seeing the room yesterday, i think of staying there.