'tis gorgeous. I went there when I was 13 and even as a grumpy, moody 13 year old, I managed to see how gorgeous it was. My dad bought me a ring with emerald chips in it (emerald is my birthstone) from a store on Ponte Vecchio. :)

Yeah, I'm going to demand Florence be on the itinerary if Rome isn't. (How dare they not want to go to ROME in the age of digital cameras?!) :)