1. everybody onetiming italy goes in june, july,august, and usually takes the kids.

2. everybody needs to get it checked off their been there done that list.

3. all of centro storcio Florence would probably fit in the Roman forum, or the grand canal for that matter.

made the mistake of being there in an october a few years back. Florence is so crowded, it is difficult to walk around. they pretty much eliminated autos in the central area, but it is still packed. The museums are not really that large.

don't bother with pisa on a trip that short. hour walk from train sta to tower, 15 min shopping for souveneers at the tower, hour walk back. The drive is no thrill. expressway, and flat. if drive, go south to chiantishire., but don't bother, you do not have enought time.

forget MIL also. There is a lot to do in rome. It was a city of 1 million in the year oh. Florence was gaul(lower), and venice a swamp at that time.

for airfare and tickets. go to orbitz, and go to flights and go to not round trip, then the multi city button. PIT-FCO & VCE-PIT should be close to the same as PIT-FCO rt.