Giovanna Fletcher
The Travel Diaries
Holly Rubenstein
4.5 • 813 Ratings
🗓️ 23 November 2021
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Giovanna Fletcher is one of the UK’s most successful women’s fiction authors. She's the host of Happy Mum, Happy Baby, the chart-topping podcast which sees her interview celeb guests about the highs and lows of parenting. She and her husband Tom Fletcher, from the band McFly have a huge YouTube presence where they perform together; and she’s I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here’s reigning champion, the Queen of the Castle. To say Giovanna is multi-talented, is quite the understatement.
Giovanna has been travelling since a very young age as her dad is Italian, so she tells us about her annual trips to visit her family in Italy, she and Tom are a kind of obsessed with Disney and she brings to life the magic and joy of holidays at the Disney parks, and much of her new book is inspired by travel, by the country of Peru. We also chat about her love of trekking; her advice about travelling with three young kids; and what is was like to interview Kate Middleton and the whirlwind of press that came after.
Giovanna’s Destination Recap:
- Valva, Campania, Italy
- Paris, France
- Disneyland Paris, France
- Peru
- Walt Disney World, Florida, USA
- Jade Mountain, St Lucia
- Watergate Bay Hotel, Cornwall, England
- Three Mile Beach, Cornwall, England
- Tenerife, Spain
- Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
- Madagascar
- Appalachian Trail, USA
Holly’s Destination Recap:
Giovanna’s new novel, Walking on Sunshine, is out now in hardback, priced £14.99
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Travel Diaries podcast. |
| 0:09.2 | I'm Holly Rubinstein. |
| 0:10.7 | I'm a travel and entertainment journalist. |
| 0:13.1 | And here each week I'll be speaking to a very special guest about the seven chapters in their life's travel diaries. |
| 0:20.0 | From their earliest childhood travel memory and the first place they fell in love with |
| 0:24.7 | to their hidden gem and what's at the top of their travel bucket list, |
| 0:28.9 | we'll be uncovering their adventures around the world |
| 0:31.5 | and the travel experiences and destinations that have shaped their lives. |
| 0:36.9 | How are you all doing this week? |
| 0:38.4 | I hope that you're well. |
| 0:40.0 | I hope you enjoyed Steve Baxhaw as much as I loved speaking to him. |
| 0:44.9 | Such a great storyteller. |
| 0:47.0 | Oh, and this week I had a really unforgettable travel experience that I couldn't recommend |
| 0:52.3 | more for a special treat. |
| 0:53.6 | A lot of you've probably already seen this on my Instagram. |
| 0:55.8 | I've had so many messages from me about it. |
| 0:58.1 | I was invited for the day on the Belmont British Pullman. |
| 1:01.8 | So the Belmont British Pullman is such a historic train, the same company that owned the Orient |
| 1:06.3 | Express, and they were launching a new train carriage which was designed by Wes Anderson, the iconic film |
| 1:13.7 | director. So you know, Wes is known for his distinctive aesthetic and you can see that throughout |
| 1:19.4 | this carriage. Oh, it's stunning. Very symmetrical, of course, with pastel pink ceilings and then |
| 1:25.7 | this rich green detailing on the carpets and chairs, |
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