Protection from the Pope

So Mom knew this....but the Pope was my next door neighbor for a week or two. Yep. His guards stayed at the center and had the whole set up. 24 hour guards at multiple posts. They turned our art museum room into a security surveillance room. There were guards on every floor with amunition. They installed satelites and blocked the roads to everyone but us and the pope - turning the center into a fortress. Great little culture experience. Since we could not actually take a pic with the pope, here is the next best thing.

p.s. A hilarious kid in our group waved to an armed guard during lunch once and said "Thanks for protecting us from the Pope!"
It kind of became a universal joke that even the stiff guards would laugh at. The kid even made thank you fliers for the guards that had a pic of the Pope with "Thanks for protecting...".