AT#182 - Travel to Venice and the Veneto

Travel with Amateur Traveler Podcast

Chris Christensen

History, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2009

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

The Amateur Traveler talks to Ira Bernstein about why he continues to go back to Venice and the Veneto (the Italian state where Venice is) annually. Learn about other parts of Venice besides the tourist filled Saint Mark's square. We talk about the Gheto in the Cannaregio sestieri. We talk about how to get around, where you can stay for less money and why you might want to stay outside of Venice. We talk about the glass blowers of Morano and the lace makers of Borano. Then we get outside of Venice to Padua, Verona, and Bassano del Grappa. We will stand in Galileo's lectern at the university of Padua (where they paid him his weight in gold to come teach). And we will visit the (fake) balcony of Juliet in Padua where we will rub a statue of Juliet for luck. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode of The Amateur Traveler is brought to you by Audible.
0:03.2	Please visit audible Podcast.com forward slash traveler
0:08.0	for your free audio book download.
0:13.0	I got my bags packed on a roll.
0:15.0	I'm heading out there and I'm ready to go.
0:18.0	Looking real good in my passport photo.
0:22.0	Amateur Traveler episode 182. Today the amateur traveler
0:26.0	talks about canals food and really puts you in touch with Shakespeare as we talk
0:31.3	about Venice and the Venito.
0:33.0	Welcome to the
0:35.0	city one more cafe.
0:37.0	I know that I should be heading home
0:40.0	but maybe not maybe not
0:42.0	to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen.
0:47.0	Before we get into this week's interview, I do have three news stories for you.
0:52.0	The first one, if you've ever been to four
0:54.8	corners that part of the United States where you can put a hand or a foot in four
0:59.1	different states at the same time. If you've ever had your picture taken there, not so much. It turns out that a
1:05.5	new survey has discovered that the spot you were at is two and a half miles away from
1:11.6	where it should be.
1:13.0	And then an airline news, United is one of several airlines that has quietly raised their
1:21.0	change fees. Theirs have gone up to $150 a ticket and I've also run into
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