Gondoliere

A thousand lamps, from the illuminated squares of the city, reflected their burnished hues along the wave, and the mellow chaunt of the gondolieres kept time to the gentle plashing of their oars.

Try the risi-bisi, a thick soup and traditional in Venice as the gondolieres.

The scene was oddly reminiscent of a bunch of Venetian gondolieres gone berserk with their oars, but the effort paid off.