{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/632daf42d5d1e3001664b53d/65490f2ba6fced00122aa151?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Bonus Episode with Giulia Barbaro","description":"<p><strong>Episode Notes</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Grapevine Magazine</strong></p><p><strong>Discount Code (10% off annual subscription):</strong> GVLIFE10</p><p><strong>Website:</strong> www.luccagrapevine.com</p><p>Click Subscriptions &gt; Grapevine on-line… complete the online form </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Our Italian Journey</strong></p><p><strong>Website:</strong> <a href=\"https://ouritalianjourney.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://ouritalianjourney.com</a></p><p><strong>Audible book:</strong> Our Italian Journey (to be released on Amazon Audible mid November 2023)</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Connect with Giulia at Melting Pot Lucca</strong></p><p><strong>Website:</strong> www.meltingpotlucca.it</p><p><strong>Email: </strong>info@meltingpotlucca.it</p><p><strong>Phone: </strong>+39 388 9318676</p><p><strong>Address: </strong>Via San Marco, 21 Lucca 55100 (5 minutes outside the walls just off Borgo Giannotti)</p><p><strong>Facebook:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/meltingpotlucca\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.facebook.com/meltingpotlucca</a></p><p><strong>Instagram:</strong> @meltingpotlucca</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Giulia’s Recommendations - Food and drink</strong></p><p>Trattoria Da Giulio in Pelleria, Via delle Conce, 45 Lucca&nbsp;</p><p>Cucina dello Scompiglio, (Guamo) Via di Vorno, 67/B 55012 Capannori</p><p>Bar Osteria Lo Stellario, Piazza San Francesco, 46 Lucca… for an aperitivo</p><p>La Bontà (Gelateria) Via Castruccio Castracani, 269, Lucca (5 minutes outside Porta Elisa)… especially the yogurt</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Giulia’s Recommendations - Things to see and do</strong></p><p>Walk the Walls of Lucca</p><p>Climb the Guinigi Tower (inside the walls)</p><p>Climb the Bell Tower (inside the walls)</p><p>Visit the Orto Botanico gardens (inside the walls)</p><p>Visit the Garfagnana… Barga… Castelnuovo&nbsp;</p><p>Visit Altopascio… a section of the Via Francigena, the ancient pilgrimage route</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Favourite Italian word/phrase</strong></p><p>Magari… I wish/I hope so</p><p>Vabbè… whatever (short form of ‘va bene’ (alright/ok) accompanied by a ‘shrug’ of the shoulders!</p><p><br></p><p><strong>About the Host</strong></p><p>Andrea has travelled the length and breadth of Italy. Having fallen in love with Lucca, she now spends a few months there each year.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Subscribe, Follow, Review, Donate</strong></p><p>I self-fund this podcast, so if you enjoy listening, I would be ever so grateful if you could visit the Ko-Fi supporter webpage <strong>ko-fi/lifeinlucca </strong>and <strong>DONATE</strong> the equivalent of a gelato or two, as this helps me to produce further episodes. You could also hit the <strong>SUBSCRIBE</strong> or <strong>FOLLOW</strong> button now so that each new episode will appear, as if by magic, in your podcast library. And, if you’ve a little time to spare, please do leave a <strong>REVIEW</strong>.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Website</strong>: https://shows.acast.com/lifeinlucawithandrea</p><p><strong>E:mail</strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:lifeinlucca@hotmail.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">lifeinlucca@hotmail.com</a>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Instagram</strong>: andreas_life_in_lucca&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Twitter</strong>: @mountains46&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Ko-fi</strong>: ko-fi/lifeinlucca</p>","author_name":"Andrea Waterhouse"}