Move to Italy?

Photo courtesy of homeaway.com

At least for the summer.  I've been spending way too much time on homeaway.com and homeexchange.com - two websites that I frequently troll to find my perfect Florence apartment rental or a house to swap in Sicily.  Deals seem to abound last minute and in the winter.  If only the airfares weren't so high. 

A Florence apt. that is a 20-minute walk from the duomo for 200 euro a week that sleeps seven.  That's some cheap living.  Or swap our Socal house for this centrally located Catania pad.

I can dream.