Alex and Egor here from Blue Planet Stories. We hope you are well.
We are preparing our sailboat for a long ocean passage across the Caribbean to Panama, and we had two very busy weeks at a boatyard. With the time constraint, we had to focus on preparation.
But, we are excited to replay our very first podcast for you, which is also one of our favorites, with Ryan Frawley.
Also, Because we are resuming our travel, we will be posting weekly or more on Travel Banter, our channel about sailing, traveling to new places, and meeting the locals. Please stop by there to check in. You can find it on blueplanetstories.com under Travel Banter. If you like what you hear , please hit like and subscribe. We love you.
Raised in Coventry, UK and transplanted to Vancouver, BC, writer Ryan Frawley has won various Canadian literary awards. His debut novel, Scar, was published in 2011.
In 2016, he moved to Italy with his wife and cat and spent the next two years traveling around the continent. Towers Temples Palaces is the story of his time there.
He now lives in the south of France.
Today, we read his beautiful essay on authenticity, mass tourism, and what defines a place. In our interview, Ryan shares his philosophy of travel.
From the show:
“… I think in some ways writers, or at least I, need novelty, a certain amount of novelty in your life. You need something to kind of spark your brain and get you thinking about things in a new way. And I find travel is absolutely fantastic for that…”
“… Lisbon may be Europe's last major city to be shattered by tourism. Then again, it was always a shattered city anyway. This is a city of crooked alleys, sloping streets, and tiny neighborhoods that have almost nothing to do with one another, except for the spectacular views from the miradores, or viewpoints, where the tourists who outnumber the locals nine to one can wave at each other while they enjoy a drink…”
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