Travel Tidbits: Holy Water Gets The Boot and Cruising Minus The Kids
Just the other day I wrote about the introduction of a new Vatican-backed charter airline owned by the private Italian post office, which organizes trips for the Diocese of Rome. Mistral Air is designed specifically to carry pilgrims to Catholic shrines throughout the world. However, since it flies in and out of Europe’s most popular airports its passengers are subject to the same security screening as any other frequent flier. Which is why when pilgrims tried to bring souvenir holy water on board the flight they were given some bad news. That’s right; not even holy water from the Catholic … Continue reading