I drew a picture of the gondolas on a canal in Venice. Taking a gondola is great,  once you forget that you have to  pay $100 for it and can only stay  in it for half an hour. As you can tell by my enthusiasm  I decided to walk Venice  instead of the pricey gondola ride. Who needs a boat when there are endless alleys anyway? It was still beautiful  watching the  gondolas go up and down the canals even though I  could not be in one  myself.