Where I'll be if you can't find me: Venice and it's adventures

So last Friday, my parents and I booked an Easy Jet flight from Rome to Venice to meet the cruise ship at the port. The flight was scheduled to leave at 7am and be in Venice in an hour or so. We figured even though it was a bad airline, it was a short flight and we would be able to get to Venice for cheap. So, we booked a taxi to take us to the airport at 5am for around 60 Euros (around 100 dollars). As soon as we get to our check in at the airport, we find out our flight was delayed- 9 hours. We were tired and angry that we had to get to the airport for no reason, really, and didn’t have much confidence in Easy Jet that the flight 9 hours later would even be taking off. We went to another terminal and attempted to book a flight on Alitalia, but there were only full fare seats available- for 500 Euros a person! So there we are- 6am three people with 5 suitcases trying to make it to Venice for a 2 week vacation. Eventually, we take the train from the airport back to Termini Station in Rome- another 40 Euro- with the hope of getting on a train to Venice. 160 dollars spent going back and forth to the airport on top of the airfare for no reason. Anyway, we get to Termini and the next 3 trains to Venice are full, but we book an express train that leaves a few hours later. There was nothing else to do but wait. Four hours later and 400 Euros down the hole- we were on our way to Venice. After a long morning, we finally make it to Venice in the afternoon. To me though, it was worth the aggravation as a made for an interesting story and Venice is just beautiful. I have a feeling that that’s where I’ll be if you ever can’t find me. Words can’t describe how much I loved that city. It was the perfect mix of water, where I grew up, and city, where I live now. And not to mention how romantic it was. It was amazing and beautiful and I enjoyed every second, but I’ve never felt so lonely in Italy. It was like being alone on Valentine’s Day. Everything around you is beautiful- but you have no one to spend it with. I’ll go back one day- absolutely. After some shopping and dinner with my parents and their friends, we spend the night in a hotel and checked out early the next morning. We spent Saturday walking around and checking out the Jewish Ghetto- the first one in the world. Eventually, we took a water taxi to the port and boarded the Vision of the Seas cruise ship for a 12 day vacation through the Holy Lands.