liguria

When deciding about childcare, and whether aunts and their girlfriends are the best teachers, Stefano and Renata consult a coven of witches, at the insistence of aunt Elena. Is the coven prejudiced in favor of the strong female babysitters?

B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta

We return to Italy and find out whether Stefano, our 20-year-old hero, can survive the conflict between his mountain family and the beach community. Will his witchy sisters help him? Will his girlfriend, Claudia, agree to move with him to the beach? Will he turn into an animal?

B is for Bisexual - short stories by Laura P. Valtorta

“I never travel without my diary.  One should always have something sensational to read on the train.”  -  Oscar Wilde

Welcome to Podcast #51

I thought it would be great to share a little more of the adventure and what happened next in Italy on the journey from Liguria to Milan.  On the last days  there was much to savour and explore.  I love the adventure of it all, and the time to reflect on moments that continue to inspire along the way.

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Music Composed by Richard Johnston © 2022

“Place will have its way with you” - Frances Mayes, ‘See You in the Piazza’

Welcome to Episode #50

I am sun kissed and sharing this moment with you from Liguria.  I am in Camogli on the Italian Riviera, a surreal and beautiful experience I have to say.  And so I share this with you as I reach the happy milestone of 50 Episodes! 

So that is kind of fabulous.  I never really imagined I might be in Italy!  After sharing much over the last few years from home (Australia).   Otherwise, this episode is just another beautiful moment on the travel journey....

Enjoy,

Michelle xo

Shownotes are up live with a little photo montage and details of the travel journey.

Please find all Show Notes and details mentioned at:
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© 2022 A Writer In Italy - travel, books, art and life

Music Composed by Richard Johnston, © 2022

"Whatever it is I am trying to preserve may not be entirely real, but it isn't altogether false" - Andre Aciman.....'Homo Irrealis, Essays'

Welcome to Podcast 49....And another in the moment share while traveling in Italy...

Reflections on Parma, Genova, La Spezia and more....

Enjoy,

Michelle xo

Shownotes are up live with a little photo montage and details of the travel journey.

Please find all Show Notes and details mentioned at:
michellejohnston.life

Visit:  Michelle:  Instagram:  @awriterinitalyand @theyellowhouse__

© 2022 A Writer In Italy - travel, books, art and life

Music Composed by Richard Johnston, © 2022

"After all it is the adventure that counts" - Gertrude Stein, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

Welcome to Episode #29  Genova, Liguria

The family trip continues after a too short stop over in Genova, we get ourselves ready to part with Italy and move onto France.  In the meantime a wonderful morning is had walking the old town of Genoa in the Piazza La Maddelena and Piazza San Luca, checking out the local markets and enjoying the pleasures of a morning stroll into Piazza Bianchi not too far from Antico Porto where we wander until it is time to pack up and head to Genova Principe Station an architectural marvel in itself.   We barely get our toes wet in the realm of possibilities that is Genoa and I really wish we could stay longer, but the realities of family life have us on the move.

There is much to discover in this port city that is the Ligurian capital.  Go visit www.visitgenoa.it for the overview. 

As a maritime republic Genova maintained control from around the 11th century to later in the 18th.  La Superba indeed, the gritty beauty of this large city runs parallel to Unesco World Heritage sites, old world palazzos and the fabulous array of art that hides behind beckoning world class architecture and the historic detail of a rivaling maritime city that makes for a fascinating and deeply layered place.  

This is a story of a family traveling, discovering and learning about the sweet details that makes Italy 'La Superba'.

© 2021 A Writer In Italy - travel, writing, art and life

Music Composed by Richard Johnston, © 2021

Please find all Show Notes and details mentioned at:
www.michellejohnston.life

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#29 Shownotes:

Quote about living the questions from Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke

Homo Irrealis: Essays by Andre Aciman

Coastline:  The food of the Mediterranean Italy, Spain and France by Lucio Galletto and David Dale (2017)

Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat / Netflix Documentary - Four Part Series... Italy is Part 1 - ‘Fat’

Trip to Italy (2014) Film written and directed by Michael Winterbottom

Two comics take a road trip from the north in Piedmont to the south in Capri meditating on the English Poets, stopping for gastronomic delicacies and enjoying the scenery while life unfolds.

* If interested in the Genova mention it takes place at 18 minutes or so into the film...  Coogan and Brydon finish their decadent meal at Trattoria della Posta and then stop in Genova to salute Lord Byron at his last address in Italy on the Ligurian coast before heading to Camogli.

Find out more about the great places to see in Genova:      www.visitgenoa.it 

“There is already a tantalising sense of escape - of slipping beneath the radar of modern life"
                         - Tom Chesshyre 'Slow Train to Venice'

Welcome to Episode #28  Genova, Liguria

One of things I adore about this whole Italian adventure is just how many doors Italy has to offer.  Open one or two in you are in for a treat.  Books, art, food and everything else.  Travel takes on some kind of luminous quality once you get there, or are there...(Yes, I am waiting for the next door to open....that indeed is a different kind of story!)

Firstly, I apologise for the echo chamber on the mic, perhaps next time I will not use the air pods for recording.  However I love this share, I think there is something special about the many layers you experience on reflection and in the moment of travel. 
And secondly,  it is a deep offering no less and I hope you enjoy it.....

On Genova......

A port city will always be an interesting multi sensory experience, a place where the mix of culture, ethnicity and class will not only dominate but inform the place.  The commercial enterprises of the city are paramount to not only survival but the cultural diversity… in other words everyone has tried and tested these waters.  Genova is the trade link for the Mediterranean Sea, in years past it has been called by many names….”la Superba" ...the proud one, "la Dominante"... the dominant one and/or, "la Repubblica dei magnifici", the Republic of the Magnificents..... the list goes on.....

As a maritime republic Genova maintained control from around the 11th century to later in the 18th.  La Superba indeed, the gritty beauty of this large city runs parallel to Unesco World Heritage sites, old world palazzos and the fabulous array of art that hides behind beckoning world class architecture and the historic detail of a rivaling maritime city that makes for a fascinating and deeply layered place.  

This is a story of a family traveling, discovering and learning about the sweet details that makes Italy La Superba.

© 2021 A Writer In Italy - travel, writing, art and life

Music Composed by Richard Johnston, © 2021

Please find all Show Notes and details mentioned at:
www.michellejohnston.life

Instagram:  @awriterinitaly and @theyellowhouse__

About A Writer in Italy Podcast:

Five years ago Michelle Johnston traveled to Italy to create space for herself and her writing.  Michelle traveled solo giving herself time to recalibrate after many years of parenting and life in general.  Leaving her husband to take care of the family she reconnected with her writing, her art and her love of travel.

The adventure turned into the book and travel memoir...............

In this episode Bob talks to Theresa Sayers on her difficulty finding records in Oneglia as she attempts to get Italian citizenship.

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Join Bob as he interviews Francisco Andragnes about his Italian roots from Trentino, Campania, Liguria and Sicily.  Not to mention a special mention on his great story about his Basque surname.

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