Then & There - a vintage travel podcast
Podcast gratuito

Then & There - a vintage travel podcast

Podcast de Ceridwen E McKenna

Ceridwen E McKenna is your time traveling tour guide, reading from historic travel narratives before flight shrunk the world. From medieval times to the last century, experience travel through vintage eyes through your modern ears. 20 minute episodes include whole serialized books and travel journals (in public domain) and may include short personal stories, excerpts of newer publications or occasional interviews. Books that capture the imagination of faraway places jostle against our ears in both literature style and old-world references that may seem quite strange.  How places have changed over time, and what people find important in different eras fascinates and delights the senses like a slow, rainy afternoon in a treasured bookstore. Snuggle in and be transported through time and space. 

Este podcast se puede escuchar gratuitamente en todos las plataformas y en la app de Podimo sin necesidad de suscripción.

Todos los episodios

16 episodios
episode Episode 4: God of Tramps, Pity The Horse of Venice artwork
Episode 4: God of Tramps, Pity The Horse of Venice

Smith has a love of those young men, does he not?  Our author in 1898 Venice brings us along the Riva in the second half of day, admiring all the sights, from the lithe and happy character without a discernable job, to the one horse that seems to change color and size.  Descriptions are lush as the sunset that has been painted countless times because of its beauty!

31 ago 2023 - 16 min
episode Episode 3: Lunch to Evening - Bliss and Oleander, and Littering artwork
Episode 3: Lunch to Evening - Bliss and Oleander, and Littering

Staying the course of the most beautiful city in the book author's memory, we pick up the day in the middle with F. Hopkinson Smith and Espero "his" gondolier in 1898. Smith can't help himself from describing everything from the oldest crockery in Italy to the prettiest ladies of the evening (presumed). Sensory enjoyment for the calm nervous system. I'll let him tell it. This mess of an episode on my part barely made it through the inner "board of competent recording" process. And if I apologized for every time I meant to get an episode out and was delayed by the necessities of earning a living...well.  This is why we all need a little Venice!

09 jul 2023 - 18 min
episode Episode 2: Morning to Lunch - a day with the gondolier artwork
Episode 2: Morning to Lunch - a day with the gondolier

What could be more awe-inspiring than waking up in Venice in 1898 and having all day to float?  Come relish the canals in the gondola with our author of Gondola Days, as he waxes lyrical on all things Venetian, from sunshine to the skyline full of spires and domes, and including his beloved gondolier, Espero G.!  As our beloved current-day Venice is struggling with the high water, let's not forget her powerful history. The invitation is there to look up some of the names and events mentioned. In Victorian days, there were so many pre-Italy events that were not-so-long-ago to F. Hopkinson Smith, but that we have not remembered.

07 mar 2023 - 23 min
episode Episode 1: Gondola Days - An Arrival by Train 1897 artwork
Episode 1: Gondola Days - An Arrival by Train 1897

Welcome to Venice, site of ancient, watery dreams of gold, purple, song, oleander! Follow F. Hopkinson Smith as he (Francis) takes us via rail to the Venice that greets you as you arrive.  This book, Gondola Days is a delight for the senses, and far more evocative than our fella who led us through Belgium and Holland.  First a description of the book itself--because what's a vintage travel narrative without the feel of the paper, the details of the illustrations? A teaser of what's to come, via the Tables of Contents and Illustrations, and then smacko! - right into the Venice of the Victorian Era.  Sit back and let the Gondola deliver you through these time-worn canals.

19 nov 2022 - 18 min
episode Episode 12: Ep. 10 Come With Me-Holland-Dordrecht-Zeeland-Friesland artwork
Episode 12: Ep. 10 Come With Me-Holland-Dordrecht-Zeeland-Friesland

In our final quick trip around the Netherlands, "Come With Me" author Schoonmaker breezes through much of South Holland, Zeeland and Friesland provinces. He gives us his definitive recommendations about what to see with comparative amounts of time, and even 'disses' a couple of towns and makes a typically misogynistic observation or two.  Opinions given are not my own--this was 1928, and he was an art/architecture snob after all. [That opinion is mine.]  A small excerpt finishes this episode from a surprise book. It's Mies Bouhuys' collection of black & white photographs, titled simply "Holland", 1971.  The book was found on the sidewalk in a box, but is too moldy to share at length, and it also is probably not in the public domain. I remember seeing such books, written in three languages, only in Europe, before Taschen books were popular.  As always, apologies for my accent in pronouncing Dutch and French names.

10 oct 2022 - 29 min
Soy muy de podcasts. Mientras hago la cama, mientras recojo la casa, mientras trabajo… Y en Podimo encuentro podcast que me encantan. De emprendimiento, de salid, de humor… De lo que quiera! Estoy encantada 👍
MI TOC es feliz, que maravilla. Ordenador, limpio, sugerencias de categorías nuevas a explorar!!!
Me suscribi con los 14 días de prueba para escuchar el Podcast de Misterios Cotidianos, pero al final me quedo mas tiempo porque hacia tiempo que no me reía tanto. Tiene Podcast muy buenos y la aplicación funciona bien.
App ligera, eficiente, encuentras rápido tus podcast favoritos. Diseño sencillo y bonito. me gustó.
contenidos frescos e inteligentes
La App va francamente bien y el precio me parece muy justo para pagar a gente que nos da horas y horas de contenido. Espero poder seguir usándola asiduamente.

Disponible en todas partes

¡Escucha Podimo en tu móvil, tablet, ordenador o coche!

Un universo de entretenimiento en audio

Miles de podcast y audiolibros exclusivos

Sin anuncios

No pierdas tiempo escuchando anuncios cuando escuches los contenidos de Podimo.

Tu oferta:

Acceso ilimitado a todos los podcasts exclusivos
Sin anuncios
Descubre miles de audiolibros
Después de la prueba 4,99 € / mes. Sin compromiso

Otros podcasts exclusivos

Audiolibros populares