"Youth have been arriving all day at the Marinefeld area": the WYD Organizing Committee have confirmed that "for the Vigil this evening and for Mass tomorrow morning with the Pope the arrivals expected should be twice the number of registrants for the World Youth Day, that numbered 424 thousand". At dawn 600 hundred young people arrived in the Vigil area that had to be opened 3 hours ahead of time". "The pilgrims say the security staff are arriving with all means of transport, especially buses and coaches". It is not advisable to use the motorway "because there are traffic jams in the vicinity of Marienfeld. Perhaps the best means of transport is the bicycle". According to the WYD Committee, "the area is sufficiently large and equipped to host all the young people who will be arriving in Marienfeld. The kitchens are ready for preparing the meals, even though we acknowledge the catering difficulties we have had", due especially to the fact that "many of the registrants collected their lunch at distribution points other than those they had been assigned to". A "first-aid centre has been installed by the army, to meet any medical need that may arise".
