Thanks again for the advice - I am not going until April...just starting to gather my ideas.
antoniospqr - I hope things went okay for you during the blackout - I couldn't believe when I saw it on the front page of the paper.
By the way, I did find the site I was looking for, now I just need to spend some time translating (luckily, I have a few months!!):
http://www.romacaputmundi.it/ecommerce.htm