Episode 22: The Florentine Affair....Tuscany, Part 4 - The Padova to Paris Journey
Welcome to Episode #22.......
This an excerpt from the journey, the little adventure from Padua in Italy to Paris, France....
Next stop - Florence, Tuscany....Firenze is one of those places that you can just wander and there is something wonderful around every corner. The architectural detail and the Renaissance treasures are all there to be seen and savoured. It is the open air museum like qualities that make it such a great walking city. I share this with a little detail on the rich history of Renaissance art how this city is considered the birth place of the Renaissance and the reasons why......Enjoy.
Classic Florence, the beauty and the power of the Ponte Vecchio / Michelle Johnston
Shownotes:
Every Day in Tuscany: Seasons of an Italian Life by Frances Mayes
A Castle in Italy by Lina Waterfield
Podcast: The Tim Ferris Show
Website: www.emikodavies.com
Enjoying a long lunch at a table for one with Emiko’s updated ‘Florentine’ cookbook
marvelling at the beauty savouring a little time to myself, remembering it all
Reading….Post Podcast:
Within Tuscany: Reflections on a Time and Place by Matthew Spender.......Helping me to understand Pre-Renaissance Tuscany in the chapter on “Montaperti”....a great meditation on the historic mosaic of Toscana....
Now to read the chapter on “Michelangelo”...Matthew Spender is a sculptor after all.....(See sculptures in the film Stealing Beauty, 1996)
Sidenote: Great Movies Set in Tuscany for the Anglo - Italian Experience
Tea With Mussolini (Franco Zeffirelli, 1999)
A Room With a View (James Ivory, 1986)
Enchanted April (Michael Newell, 1991)
Certified Copy (2010) set in Tuscany......
*This film I am going to go back and watch just to see if I like it better the second time!!
Yes, I did. Maybe it was the younger me that didn't quite get it, but ten years later I really enjoyed this film and the historic beauty Arezzo. And Binoche is stunning and brilliant of course.
Inside the Palazzo Vecchio / Michelle Johnston
Music Composed by Richard Johnston.
Our three girls seeing Santa Maria de Fiore in Florence for time, I wonder what they will remember!
“These trains have eaten into my mind and my writing”