...My favourite church is Santa Maria Sopra Minerva, near the Pantheon, well worth a visit. What else? Shopping is always very cheap, but don't be fooled into thinking Italian designer brands like Gucci will be cheaper. They are in fact exactly the same (as my pair of Gucci sunglasses last year attested!!). Go for more 'local' brands that you dont get here. I like Motivi, which is a clothes shop like TopShop or River Island but more fashionable and cheaper! And for jewellery, Bella Piu (a way upmarket Claire's Accessories) can't be rivalled (there's one in the Roma Termini train station). Travel is dirt cheap, trains especially but taxis also (they have a meter just like here, and just like here you sometimes get dodgy taxi drivers). As long as you're confident with your Euros and are on the ball then everything will be fabulous, just remember its a big city like Manchester or London or Glasgow, you wouldn't leave your handbag lying around in a restaurant at home, so don't expect you can in Rome, and don't assume that that means Rome is a city of crime! Most of all, have fun its a fabulous place! And make sure you throw 3 coins into the Trevi fountain! Mr Mackey, mmkay!