Whilst I was drinking a bit of wine in St Marks square in the wee hours of the morning a fine young lass of totally honorable reputation was lamenting how she would love to drive a gondola but the law forbids Women from doing so. Insert one highly motivated heroic innovative US Marine. Problem solved, well kind of! But that is a story for another day! I had a blast and so did she. Yep,you can swim in the canals but it is super nasty! Hah!