World Youth Days - Totus2us

World Youth Day / Jornadas Mundiales de la Juventud 2011 Madrid. Laura, from London: "From Santiago we went on to Madrid to see El Papa, Benedict XVI and that was an amazing experience too. We went to the aerodrome, there were 2 million other Catholics there too, there were papal flags waving and national flags from countries from all over the world. It was very hot to begin with but it was just such a rich experience to be there in solidarity with so many other young people. Even during the day time when we were exploring around Madrid and you had a little freebie pass to get a lunch on the Pope's behalf, so queuing up for that you get to really like talk to the other pilgrims. It's such an amazing atmosphere. The transport system is alive young people with flags and different musical instruments, and singing and dancing (particularly the Brazilians, they're particularly good at dancing). So it was just such a joyful, wonderful experience. And then we had the Holy Hour in the aerodrom at night with Pope Bene