> I'm from Arezzo, near Florence, Tuscany (central Italy) - the city of Roberto Benigni's "Life is beautiful" - do you know?

I went to Florence, but did not have an opportunity to visit the Tuscany countryside, though I hear it is beautiful.

> Mozzarella is a particular type of cheese, but it's better for pizza.

Mozerella is the standard cheese that Americans use for Pizza too, though perhaps it is not quite identical, because it sure tasted different to me.

All-in-all, I found it more similiar than different than some American pizza, at least the stuff you can get from Italian restraunts here. Pizza Hut doesn't count.