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Visit a mass

Visiting the monsatary in the week-end: try to visit a mass at the church in the morning. It can be a unique experience. Whenever visiting the church, either on sunday or on other days, dress properly, but of course that is unnecessarily to say. Pay respect to the sanctuary ground of the monastery: that is, don?t smoke inside the courtyard, do it outside the gate. Pay respect to the ongoing practises during the day, don?t forget that the monastery is ?still at work? and is not some kind of Disney land tourist attraction. Don?t flash around with your camaras in the church (more over: it is not allowed, yet people do it anyway) and don?t do it during a holy mass.