Tag: travel
-
From Child’s Eyes to Writer’s Heart: What Scotland’s Writers’ Museum Taught Me
Edinburgh has always felt like a cultural city to me. As a child, my family and I visited often, and I remember being mesmerized by Edinburgh Castle, mostly because it was a castle, but also because it was built on top of a mountain and looked so dramatic to me. There’s something fascinating about revisiting…
-
Meeting Mário de Andrade Beyond the Book
Whenever I can, I try to read a book from the country I’m travelling to before I go. It helps me feel a little bit more connected to the place before even setting foot there. Before my trip to Brazil, I came across Macunaíma at the library. The cover caught my eye with its fantastical imagery, and…