Penny - just wanted to forewarn you - if you wanted to climb the Leaning Tower of Pisa - you will need to make reservations. This will be hard since no one knows for sure what time
DCL will be there. Many of us that want to climb have gone private and had scheduled our times. I am scheduled for 3:40 pm on Saturday Aug 4 which is the time we are supposed to be there.
So keep that in mind. Also, apparently, if you want to see the state of David in Florence (?) you might want to see about getting ressies there although I've been told that they also have a free viewing window that is open to the public.
your right - lots of interesting info on this boards and blogs!