Two foreign tourists who sped down the Grand Canal in Venice on Wednesday were heavily fined and boards confiscated, city authorities said. The mayor’s office said in a statement that they had been fined 1,500 euros ($1,530) each for the incident, and that the city’s attorney was preparing to take further action against them to damage the city’s image. Earlier, Mayor Luigi Brugnaro posted a video on social media showing a couple of surfers taking to the famous waterway as the sun rises in the distance. The mayor asked for…
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