Episode 19: Venice and the Art of Travel....Padova to Paris - Part 2
Welcome to Episode #19: Venezia, Venetia - Italy
Venice is the icing on the cake and should be sampled at least once in a lifetime or more if you are lucky. Traveling to see this city built on over one hundred islands, linked by bridges and canals halfway between the rising and the setting sun never fails to excite and entice the curious traveler, the curious being.
A family day walking this city to sample the delights of the Gothic and the Byzantine, the romance, the time worn elegance, the grand palazzi, the maze of alleyways, the bridges and the magic of the canals was a wonderful thing.
Contemplation and wonder over travel narratives and thoughts on the art of travel..........What we learn and experience in travel always opens and transforms. The details and beauty swoop in in a grand rush, yet what stays and transmits to me is the most interesting part. I am already thinking about the next journey to Venice, to take more time and let the city plan its magic.
On the Giudecca Canal, what a beautiful scene from the boat / Michelle Johnston
Shownotes:
Venice: by Jan Morris
The Art of Travel by Alain de Botton
A Year in the World by Frances Mayes
The Unfinished Palazzo: Life, Love and Art in Venice by Judith Mackrell
Peggy Guggenheim: Shock of the Modern by Francine Prose
Death in Venice by Thomas Mann ......(Still need to read it!!)
Photo Credit / Grace Johnston
Music Composed by Richard Johnston.
Copyright 2021........... Michelle Johnston
All Artwork and Podcast Material
Photo Credit / Richard Johnston / Classic Venice
“Open my heart and you will see / Graved inside of it, Italy”