Podcasts about armchair travel

David says that when he started out, he knew nothing about perfume, business, or the perfume business. From his Bushwick apartment, he began making fragrances for friends, and at one point, joined forces with his wife, Kavi Moltz, to bring D.S. & Durga to life. They brought together their backgrounds in music and architecture to create scents as immersive experiences, or what they refer to as “armchair travel.” In this episode, David sits down with Brittney Jackson Moseley, who runs integrated marketing at Scentbird. He talks about what it took to break into the industry, how he became a self-taught perfumer, and his exploration with fragrance ingredients, including the most expensive ingredient in the world.Highlights:• D.S. & the Hindu Goddess that inspired the name• The conversation that started D.S. & Durga• Remembering a smell… and then re-creating it• The worst thing David has ever smelled• Perfume and music as “invisible art forms”• The smell of Rockaway Beach• Perfume as armchair travel• How many perfumers are there in the world?• A look into how David creates scents• The most expensive fragrance ingredient in the world• Scent Spotlight: I Don't Know What, Debaser, Pistachio• A simple fragrance formula and an overview of fragrance structure• The fragrance that's 40% oil• A very toxic ingredient and the most common ingredient• Can you smell a rainbow?• David's signature scent with hints of Great Western cowboy music• Finding the beauty in concrete• Advice for starting a perfume brandFeatured Fragrances:I Don't Know What by D.S. & DurgaDebaser by D.S. & DurgaPistachio by D.S. & DurgaSoak in all of our audio and video content at https://podcast.scentbird.com.

Click here for the show notes:In today's episode, we'll be talking to Eunice Reyes from Rated V Food. An American from Portland is an epic vegan foodie and traveler and shares her experiences on her YouTube channel. Long-term listeners might have heard an episode I did with Eunice before which was on Armchair Travel during the height of the pandemic.Eunice is fantastic and I was lucky enough to meet her in her native Portland, and I can confirm is just as fun, bubbly, and passionate about travel and vegan food as she is in her YouTube videos.Eunice is going to be sharing a little about her experiences in Spain and sharing her accidentally vegan foods in different regions of Spain and her three ‘off-the-beaten-track' Spanish cities you might like to check out.In this episode we discuss:Her Ebook - The Ultimate Vegan Guide to SpainHer experience in SpainVegan Restaurants vs non-vegan restaurantsAccidently vegan food you should be able to get at most restaurants

It's David's turn to take Amy on a virtual tour. This time it's of his adopted homeland of Portugal to explore the foods, sights, and sounds of and where he lived while writing The New Portuguese Table. Leave us a message: https://leit.es/chat. Follow @amytraverso and @davidleite.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/talking-with-my-mouth-full/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Back in front of REAL MICS(!!), Christopher and Stacey hash some good travel reads and pick the brain of Wils Cain, Board Member, Eastern Sierra Pride.

"When I realised that each morning I would see this light again, I could not believe my luck"Henri Matisse, 1917Welcome to Episode #30, Antibes, FranceOn the 13th March 2019, a family of five traveled from Genova Piazza Principe Station on the 11.43 to Ventimiglia in the province of Liguria, Italy.  At 13.03 they entered a train with the white sign Region:  Provence - Alpes - Cote d'Azur on the door.  Arriving in Antibes at 16.01 to an ochre coloured railway station and a short walk to the old town in the French city. This is the story of the sweet little adventure in Antibes,  located somewhere between Monaco and Cannes on the Cote d'Azur.  And includes some reckoning with present day life, the artist Picasso and his artistic legacy, and the convoluted history of Antibes that was once known as a Greek colony called Antipolis....Enjoy,Michelle© 2021 A Writer In Italy - travel, books, art and lifeMusic Composed by Richard Johnston, © 2021Please find all Show Notes and details mentioned at: www.michellejohnston.lifeInstagram:  @awriterinitaly and @theyellowhouse__#30 Shownotes:The Hero's Way: Walking with Garibaldi from Rome to Ravenna by Tim Parks (2021)French Riveria And Its Artists: Art, Literature, Love, and Life on the Cote d'Azur by John Baxter (2015)The Sorcerer's Apprentice: A Memoir of Picasso, Provence, and Douglas Cooper by John Richardson (1999)Visit:  www.antibesjuanlespins.com for more on Antibes, France....Support the show (http://michellejohnston.life)

Getting lost in a book is more than just a turn of phrase; a great read can transport us to continents and cultures far beyond our own. In lieu of travel, what books can we count on to carry us across the globe or to different times? Join a panel of renowned guests and literary travellers as they celebrate the escapist joys of reading and reveal the writers they rely on to whisk them away from their reading nooks to far-flung locales. Featuring Tegan Bennett Daylight, Richard Fidler, Heather Rose and Maxine Beneba Clarke in conversation with ABC RN's Kate Evans. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nina Talks with Tina Martino   TINA'S ADVENTURE: Traveling the country with two cats full time in a van.   FROM TINA: Sold my house and my car. Bought a van and began traveling full-time in November. Started the big trip in Kingston, NY, and currently in Sedona, Az.

We are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book!   This is the final book of our series! Yes, that’s right, we’ve looked at all the parks across Minnesota in this challenge.  But we aren’t done talking about books! Tune in next Tuesday, and we will start sharing books prompted by interesting facts about Minnesota counties. To end our series, we look at a set of books we always enjoy! We start at MN Valley State Recreation Area , established in 1969. This park is in the Minnesota River Valley, and the multi-use Minnesota Valley State Trail parallels the Minnesota River here. Celebrate this extensive use of the name by enjoying a book set in Minnesota, or by a Minnesota author.   To celebrate this week, we are sharing some of our favorite Minnesota books or series. We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! Sakatah Lake park was established in 1963. "Members of the Dakota Nation, the Wahpekute (Wah-pay-coo-tay) tribe inhabited the area that is now the park. They named the area Sakatah, which translates to "the sights and sounds of children playing on the hill," " To celebrate this lovely imagery, read a book with kids or a hill on the cover. We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!   Our books this week are all picture books for kids, with kids on the cover and some with kids on hills on the covers!

This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! Lac qui Parle park was established in 1959. "Lac qui Parle is a French translation of the name given to the lake by the Dakota Indians who called it the "lake that speaks."" You can celebrate this chatty lake by finding a book with a plot focused on talking or communicating. We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book!   Wild River State Park was established in 1973. This park area housed the Nevers Dam from 1890 to 1912. Nearly 5,000 of the park's total 6,803 acres were donated by Northern States Power Company. Read a book involving water, wind, solar, or other alternative power sources.   We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! Tettegouche State Park was established in 1979. This is one of the jewels of the state park system, and very busy. This park has a Electric Vehicle charging station. Read a book about an electric car, or other alternative vehicle. We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!  

This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! Hill Annex Mine was established in 1988. Located in the Iron Range, this park gives information about the history of mining in Minnesota. Read a book that mentions mining or iron.  We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book!   LaSalle Lake State Recreation Area was established in 2011. It is the newest state recreation area! This area has been identified as having "High and Outstanding Biodiversity Significance." Celebrate this by reading a book about multiple plants and/or animals We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! The Mille Lacs Kathio park was established in 1957. Mille Lacs," a French term used by early explorers and fur traders, means "1,000 lakes." Improve your counting skills by finding a book with 1,000 in the title, or as part of the plot We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!  

This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! The Temperance River park was established in 1957. This is another of the lovely north shore parks. The river flows through here so quickly it didn't build up debris or a "bar," giving it the name. Celebrate the temperance movement by reading a book involving wine or other alcohol. We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! Crow Wing state park was founded in 1959. There are a variety of historic sites here, as well as all sorts of natural sights. Celebrate the groups of crows you might find in this park by reading a book involving a murder. We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

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This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! Savanna Portage State Park was established in 1961. The Continental Divide runs through this park; "water to the west flows into the Mississippi River; water to the east runs into Lake Superior." Embrace this division by reading a book that has a divide of any sort. We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

In this episode of "Armchair Travel", we're taking you to Berlin. Our guest, Hanna, is a former GAI student. She's currently studying in Berlin and is able to give us a "boots on the ground" perspective. Erin, our Director of Communications also spent 3 years in Berlin, so it's practically a "meeting of two Berliners" -- and we get to eavesdrop in. :) ### Since 1957 The Germanic American Institute has been building cultural bridges between the American Midwest and German-speaking European countries. We cordially invite you on the inside, to join us as we share insights into German grammar, the German cultural experience, we’ll look at current topics, and we’ll let you know about all the events that we are involved in, and you can participate in. If you'd like us to answer any questions you may have about our content, history, grammar, etc. please email us at podcast@gai-mn.org and we'll answer your question in the next episode. ###

This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! Hayes Lake State Park was established in 1967. This park offers swimming and fishing opportunities, as well as wildlife viewing of animals including moose, lynx, porcupines, and loons! The Friends of Hayes Lake State Park are actively seeking new members! Celebrate this support organization by reading a book about friends. We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE! Thanks for joining us! We’ll be back next week with a look at the next park and the next book prompt!

This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! Hayes Lake State Park was established in 1967. This park offers swimming and fishing opportunities, as well as wildlife viewing of animals including moose, lynx, porcupines, and loons! The Friends of Hayes Lake State Park are actively seeking new members! Celebrate this support organization by reading a book about friends. We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE! Thanks for joining us! We’ll be back next week with a look at the next park and the next book prompt!

This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! Fort Snelling State Park was established in 1961. This park has a lot of history represented, and is located in the Twin Cities. Enjoy that juxtaposition of nature and urban environments by reading a book set in a big city. We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE! Thanks for joining us! We’ll be back next week with a look at the next park and the next book prompt!

This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! Fort Snelling State Park was established in 1961. This park has a lot of history represented, and is located in the Twin Cities. Enjoy that juxtaposition of nature and urban environments by reading a book set in a big city. We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE! Thanks for joining us! We’ll be back next week with a look at the next park and the next book prompt!

Click to see the full show notesIn today's episode, we'll be talking to Eunice Reyes from Rated V Food. She has a beautiful YouTube channel and she is talking to us from beautiful Valencia in Spain! Eunice is a self-confessed vegan foodie and is passionate about sharing the amazing vegan food from around the world and she wants to be your tour guide. While she could talk a lot about her travels, given the current situation and the fact that it is just not safe to travel, we decided to talk about how we can scratch that travel itch that so many of us have right now. We know that probably every single person listening to this is experiencing some sort of restriction right now. The news cycle might be getting to us and we might even be stuck in a bit of a rut. At the time of recording this podcast, we had not had a night away from our home since August. It's now the end of January! This is very unusual for us. Usually travel is a nice way for us to get out of the routine, get refreshed and renewed and like I say, this is really unusual for us. So much so, I have started doing some armchair travel, and I have chosen Italy.The idea for this podcast episode was inspired by a BBC Travel article that I stumbled upon just a few days ago. I will link it in the show notes of course. The story tells the reader about Luis Martinez, a Cuban bus porter who has written literally thousands of vivid poems about cities around the world, despite never leaving his homeland. From 1961 until 2014 Cuban citizens could not leave the country without permission. Luis writes with vivid detail and accuracy poems on cities and landmarks around the world as if he has actually been there. How did he do it? Well, he read books, studied old atlases and talked to tourists that he came across in his job as a bus porter and remember he did all this without the internet. As you might know, the internet was really rather slow to arrive in Cuba!  I find this story really inspiring, the idea that he was not only able to explore the world just by reading and talking with people but also managed to make a lot of beautiful poetry and I hope this episode will inspire you to travel from your armchair, choose a destination and dig deeper into it.In this episode, Eunice and I share many different ways to get out and explore the world whether you are unable to leave the house in the case of a full lockdown, or perhaps unable to leave the country you are living in. We really hope that this will inspire you a little bit to explore this beautiful world even if you cannot physically do it.

Weer kunnen we door corona een tijdlang niet reizen naar het buitenland. En dat leidt bij ons reisverslaafden tot ontwenningsverschijnselen. Gelukkig heeft luisteraar Dennis Geurts een briljante tip: ga armchair travelen. Dat betekent veilig vanuit huis via Google Maps, atlassen en Wikipedia van alles opzoeken over een (bijna) onmogelijke bestemming. Dennis neemt ons mee naar de wondere wereld van de Kerguelen. Een IJsland-achtige eilandengroep in het zuiden van de Indische Oceaan, waar alleen een handjevol onderzoekers bivakkeren. De bootreis duurt vier weken, maar dan kom je wel oog in oog te staan met de kleine zuidpoolkip. Dennis heeft ook een blog geschreven over zijn virtuele ontdekkingsreis naar de Kerguelen: https://www.christelendennis.nl/blog/story/4/een-eiland-voor-mijzelf. En een paar jaar geleden schreef hij een boek over zijn reis door Australië, Go See The Kangaroos: https://www.boekenbestellen.nl/boek/go-see-the-kangaroos/7865. Heb je haast? Dan kun je met deze tijdcodes meteen doorklikken naar je favoriete onderdeel: 13.42 Dennis Geurts over armchair traveling naar de Kerguelen; 39.32 Niels en Daisy vertellen over hun ervaringen met armchair traveling.

This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! Judge Magney park was established in 1957. This is another of the beautiful north shore parks, with the famous Devil's Kettle waterfall as it's most famous attraction. Enjoy the mystery of the waterfall that disappears into a pothole by reading a book with a cooking mystery to be solved. We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! Judge Magney park was established in 1957. This is another of the beautiful north shore parks, with the famous Devil's Kettle waterfall as it's most famous attraction. Enjoy the mystery of the waterfall that disappears into a pothole by reading a book with a cooking mystery to be solved. We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

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This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! You can find our show notes page here, with links to all the books we share today. Cascade River park was founded in 1957. This beautiful park has lots of hiking trails, including the Superior Hiking Trail and the North Shore State Trail. Do some armchair hiking by enjoying a book with a character who walks or hikes. We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE! Thanks for joining us! We’ll be back next week with a look at the next park and the next book prompt!

This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! Our full show notes page is here, with links to all the books we share today. Nerstrand Big Woods was established in 1945. This park has all sorts of trees, including sugar maple, basswood, oak, hickory, aspen, elm, ash, and ironwood trees. Celebrate this aspect of this park by reading a book in paper format, OR a book with a tree on the cover. Thanks for joining us! We’ll be back next week with a look at the next park and the next book prompt! We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

We are the Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange, a multitype system serving all types of libraries. This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! The Kilen Woods park was established in 1945. Over 6,000 years ago the people who lived here left drawings and symbols etched in rock at the Jeffers Petroglyphs, 30 miles to the north of this park. Read a book about indigenous people to celebrate this history and culture.  We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

We are the Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange, a multitype system serving all types of libraries. This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! The St. Croix State Park was established in 1943. This park has two rivers: the Saint Croix River, which is a National Scenic Riverway, and the Kettle River, a State Wild and Scenic River. Enjoy the rivers with a book about rivers, streams, or other bodies of water.  You can find our show notes right here.  

We are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! Split Rock Lighthouse State Park is one of the most iconic views of the Minnesota north coast. To celebrate this amazing view and lovely park, read a book with a lighthouse on the cover or as a plot point.  We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

We are the Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange, a multitype system serving all types of libraries.  We are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! Myre-Big Island State Park was established in 1947. This is a lovely park, so let's enjoy it by reading a book about an island.  We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

We are the Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange, a multitype system serving all types of libraries. We are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! William O’Brien State Park was established in 1947. There is a lot to do in this park, year-round. In the winter you can go ski and snowshoeing. Celebrate the winter weather with a book about someone enjoying winter outdoor activities! We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

We are the Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange, a multitype system serving all types of libraries. We are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! Carley State Park was founded in 1949. This park has a lovely array of wildflowers every spring! Celebrate those features with a book that has flowers on the cover.  We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

We are the Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange, a multitype system serving all types of libraries. We are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! The Lake Shetek park was also established in 1937. "The word "Shetek" is Ojibwe for "pelican," a bird which visits Lake Shetek during the summer and fall." So let's celebrate these birds by reading a book with a pelican on the cover or in the story OR a book published by Pelican Books.  We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

We are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! The Garden Island State Recreation Area was established in 1998. This is the farthest north area in the Minnesota park system. Celebrate the park area closest to the Arctic Circle by reading a book about life in the Arctic or other extreme cold environment.  We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!  

We are the Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange, a multitype system serving all types of libraries. We are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! Lake Carlos was yet another park in our list that was established in 1937. (It was a good year for parks!) The geography of this park was formed by glaciers that left drift and dug a nice deep (150 feet!) lake. Read a book that mentions glaciers to commemorate that history.  We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

We are the Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange, a multitype system serving all types of libraries. We are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! Monson Lake was also established in 1937. This is one of several parks across the state that house geocaches for visitors to find. (If you haven't done any of this, check out Geocaching.com!) Let's get that spirit and read a book with a geocache or hunting for something.  We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

We are the Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange, a multitype system serving all types of libraries. This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! "Picturesque limestone bluffs and deep ravines make Whitewater a very popular southeastern state park." Read a book with bluffs (or mountains), or with ravines, and get ready to enjoy the lovely views of this park.  We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

We are the Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange, a multitype system serving all types of libraries.    This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! Scenic State Park came into existence in 1921. The park is as lovely to look at as the name would imply. Read a book with a beautiful landscape on the cover or as a plot point.  We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

We are the Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange, a multitype system serving all types of libraries. This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! Father Hennepin State Park was founded in 1941. The 320 acres of park have two campgrounds, where you can enjoy some camping in nature. Celebrate that by reading a book with a tent on the cover or about camping.  We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

We are the Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange, a multitype system serving all types of libraries. This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! The Charles Lindbergh State Park is the house of our most famous aviator. Enjoy a book about flying in planes, balloons, or any other means.  We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

We are the Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange, a multitype library system serving all types of libraries. This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! This week we’re looking at Big Bog State Recreation Area, which was established in 2000. This bog was a source of medicinal plants for the Ojibwe who lived here. Celebrate their knowledge by reading a book with medicine or natural healing We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

We are the Central Minnesota Libraries Exchange, a multitype system serving all types of libraries. This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! Lake Maria is the closest park to our HQ in St Cloud - and we've even had a member event camping there! It was opened in 1963.This park houses the endangered Blandings Turtle, and there is a great statue honoring this turtle near the Visitor's Center. Celebrate their conservation efforts by reading a book with a turtle on the cover or in the plot. We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

This season we are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! This week we’re looking at  Grand Portage State Park! This park was established in 1989. This park is very close to the Grand Portage National Monument, which is also worth a visit. The park has the tallest waterfall in the state - and any of the North Shore parks will be good for viewing waterfalls. Enjoy a book with a waterfall on the cover, or as part of the story. We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

We are suggesting books you might enjoy for our Goodreads group: Armchair Travel to Minnesota State Parks. We give you a prompt connected to each state park, and you find a book to fulfill the challenge. You can use one of our suggestions, and you should feel free to read any book! The Big Stone Lake park was established in 1961. Fossilized shark teeth have been found in the park. Explore that aspect of the park by reading a book that has a fossil. We give you links to each of these books on our show notes page, taking you to Amazon.com. If you click on any of them, and buy anything at all - including a nice book - Amazon will send us a small percent of the profits they made on these sales. Thank you for supporting CMLE!

Welcome to Episode #17:  Bringing Italy Home.. This is a second dose of possibilities of an Italian kind.  Over the past few weeks I have been wandering into old books and new ones, and have felt delighted at sitting down to watch the documentaries Made in Italy, Franca: Chaos and Creation and my favourite Italian film I practically had to go on a pilgrimage to get my hands on.  It turns out that E-bay came up with the goods in the end....I was so happy because for ages I have wanted to watch Bread and Tulips, the Italian film that one many Italian Academy Awards back in early 2000.  I just love the characters and certainly the back drop of Venice is wonderful...Since we are in the middle of a large adjustment around travel it is great that we can tap into film and books like Always Italy to feed the muse in the meantime.  As I said in the last in the last episode, they teach and open one to the beauty of a place.  Let that transport you for now.Enjoy.....© 2021 A Writer In Italy - travel, writing, art and lifeMusic Composed by Richard Johnston, © 2021Please find all Show Notes and details mentioned at: www.michellejohnston.lifeInstagram:  @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 the Shadow of a Cypress: An Italian AdventureSupport the show