This is the story of the tourist who stayed too long - the one living to tell the tale that Venice is not just canals and bridges when you actually live there; and summer fling does not a relationship make. Live not the fantasy that it will smoothly transform into a real relationship and all will live happily ever after.

Social, cultural and economical differences all rear their ugly heads as the novelty wears out. All those things that you were willing to overlook at the beginning end up being the very things you row about day in and day out. Imagine trying to argue with someone who has an entirely different mindset, way of looking at the world (and of course his is the ONLY way and that EVERYBODY in the world thinks the same); not to mention the suble nuances lost in translation. Welcome to the life of the tourist who is living the 'fantasy' of the blossomed holiday romance with the local man, and is now trying to make it in Venice with much frustration and drama.