I knew from exhaustively searching the web before we left that Il Doge was supposed to be one of the best gelaterias in Venice...and one site had mentioned buying gelato there in the winter. So off we went in search of Campo di Santa Margherita, a lovely square on the west side of the Grand Canal, somewhere south of the Rialto fish market but north of Acamdemia bridge. It took us a while to locate that particular square, seeing as, like I've said before and will loudly say again, maps are no good in Venice!
We had by that point in time figured out to follow the flow of human traffic, since it tended to lead from one popular area to another. And we were lucky enough on Christmas Day to have the help of a rather drunk but cheerful woman out walking her dog. She managed to give us precise directions to the square despite reeking of booze. She was actually the second drunk we encountered that day, but more on that when I review our hotel in Venice!
...Of course I wasn't expecting Il Doge to be open on Christmas day, but sadly it was also closed the next day, too! A clerk at a nearby convenience shop managed to make it known that Il Doge was actually closed for the winter, bummer! On a brighter note however, we did find a Grom shop near Il Doge (heading towards Academia bridge from Campo di Santa Margherita, it's pretty hard to miss). They also sell artiginale gelato, although they're a chain and I don't think they produce it onsite. It was still pretty good (we bought some the afternoon of our 2-lunch day, see my previous post if you're confused), but I would've loved to have tried Il Doge! Oh well, I made up for my gelato deprivation in Venice by attacking the ones in Florence. Will post about those soon!
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Grom. There are also chains in Florence, but we didn't try it there.
Keila missed out on the good stuff due to her nap
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