Yes, Amy--so true!! I just love Italy. It was my first choice for our honeymoon (Sardinia was my favorite place ever visited until....)...but then Tom somehow talked me into SBH. I really did NOT want to go to the Caribbean---I thought it would all be like Curacao and Cancun and the touristy parts of the Bahamas...yuk. Boy, was I ever wrong! Florence in March should be great! Petri--I did see the Bulgari Hotel, and it looked very nice!