gasax,
I just did a flight on Lake Como a couple of weeks ago and it was great, I loved it. Managed to get in 9 landings on three lakes including a glassy one. The full course is 8hrs for about €2200 all in. I am tempted, on the other hand my sister lives 20 minutes from a seaplane base near Vancouver Island and Im keen to explore options so any details would be great....
I doubt I`ll ever use it over here but that doesn`t matter.