It sounds like you had another interesting trip!

I had to laugh at this: " There was a coach load of Italians who universally ignored the rules on appropriate dress (covered knees and shoulders) and photography (not inside the church or in the monastery buuildings)." When I went to Italy in the summer of 1969, there were strict rules about what women could wear in churches. It seemed that women could wear dresses cut almost to the navel, but I was excluded because I wore a dress with no sleeves, and bare arms were a big no-no. Fortunately I had a shawl with me, so I draped it over my shoulders and got in. Of course once inside I could have removed it . . . . But I was a good girl and didn't.