Pope Benedict is meant to stay in the mountain chalet in the small town of Les Combes, in the Valle d'Aosta region near the French border until June 29 during which time he has only two scheduled public appearances.
He is slated to lead the Angelus prayer from the nearby town of Romano Canavese this Sunday, and so far no changes in his schedule have been announced.
This is the pope's third summer at Les Combes where he expected to rest and work as he has done on previous vacations. The pontiff usually takes the opportunity to write and work on upcoming papal documents.
There have been no reports of medical problems since Joseph Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI in 2005 and he is not known to have fallen (though he did trip once on-camera leaving a public mass) during that time.
H had a similar fall 17 years ago in similar circumstances. Then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was on vacation in the north-eastern Italian Alps in August 1992 when he fell in the bath and hit his head. He had to have stitches and spent a couple of days in the hospital there.
There have been no reports of medical problems since he has become pope.
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