Venice, Italy fines Australian tourists for motorized surf board ride through city!

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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