The inspiration behind the launch of Festival Promenade comes from a quote about Edinburgh by Scottish novelist and poet, Robert Louis Stevenson: This profusion of eccentricities, this dream in masonry and living rock, is not a drop-scene in a theatre, but a city in the world of every-day reality.
Read my complete post at the OneTravel blog.
Photo from Anthony Schrag’s Tourist in Residence, courtesy of the artist.
I’m looking forward to the artists, poets and tourists that bring creativity and life to the city every year, but I’m also glad when they return home at the end of the festival 🙂
I was up in Edinburgh for Fringe once. I absolutely loved it – but I can totally see how that might be crazy for residents.