My name is Alison Fraser and I love all things Scotland, the people, the food, the music and the places and my guests are people just like me.
In this episode I’m joined by literary travel writer Constance Ray.
Constance is from the US but is living in Germany. She did undergraduate studies in English literature and had the opportunity to study in London for a semester.
She’s currently based in Europe where she started her literary travel blog. She says she believes literature is one of the best ways to have an authentic cultural experience of places.
Literary travel is a trip to places given value by a literary figure or a literary work and events centered around literature.
Constance’s links:
https://www.awellreadwanderer.com/
https://awellreadwanderer.ck.page/signup
Places Constance took us:
Isle of Lewis https://www.isle-of-lewis.com/
Hebridean Way https://www.visitouterhebrides.co.uk/hebrideanway
Calanais Stones https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/calanais-standing-stones/
Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire https://www.visitscotland.com/info/see-do/cruden-bay-p2564811
Slains Castle https://www.visitabdn.com/listing/slains-castle
Greyfriars Kirkyard https://greyfriarskirk.com/visit/kirkyard/
Arthurs Seat https://www.visitscotland.com/info/see-do/holyrood-park-and-arthurs-seat-p914341
Literary Pub Crawl https://www.edinburghliterarypubtour.co.uk/
Food and drink:
Kilmarnock Arms https://www.kilmarnockarms.com/
Afternoon Tea https://everythingedinburgh.com/afternoon-tea-in-edinburgh/
Books:
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Sunset Song by Louis Grassic Gibbon
Robert Burns poetry
Robert Louis Stevenson’s poetry
Music:
Franz Ferdinand https://franzferdinand.com/
The View https://www.theviewofficial.com
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