30 hour journey for Polish pilgrims

Paulina Slusarska always wanted to go to the Vatican to see Poland’s favourite son, Pope John Paul, but kept putting it off.

Paulina Slusarska always wanted to go to the Vatican to see Poland’s favourite son, Pope John Paul, but kept putting it off.

So when the pope died, she decided to brave the long, cramped ride to Rome in a convoy of buses with about 400 other people to pay her last respects.

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