Ed - yes without a doubt.... Claudio Caponera a private tour guide in Rome and Florence.  the 2nd time we went to Livorno we went to Tuscany with him instead... he is OUTSTANDING and a real gentleman.  Lovely comfy Mercedes minivan and a day you will never forget.  Google Claudio Caponera Rome and it should come up, if not let me know and I&#39;ll scratch through goodies to get his email address for you.<br /><br />Rose - I sympathize with you... we have a better excuse - it costs us &#036;5000 to go to South Africa or New Zealand.  So they don&#39;t expect us anymore  <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/thumbup.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":thumbup:" border="0" alt="thumbup.gif" />