September 10, 2024

Our Chat with Melissa and Dave of the Strong Sense of Place

37 minutes

We chat with Melissa and Dave of the Strong Sense of Place site, podcast, and blog and the Library of Lost Time podcast. We discuss their life in Prague and books!

The outdoorsy events around Prague:

Discovering Prague events

https://www.discoveringprague.cz/

General Strong Sense of Place

Strong Sense of Place website

https://strongsenseofplace.com/

Free newsletter on Substack

https://strongsenseofplace.substack.com/

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/strongsenseof

All podcasts:

https://strongsenseofplace.com/podcasts

Episodes we mentioned:

Spain: Valencia, Velázquez, and Vermouth

https://strongsenseofplace.com/podcasts/2023-02-06-spain/

Iceland: Warrior Poets, Emo Horses, and Maybe (Probably) Elves

https://strongsenseofplace.com/podcasts/2022-04-25-iceland/

Italy: A Bottle of Red, the Tuscan Sun, and Il Dolce Far Niente

https://strongsenseofplace.com/podcasts/2022-09-26-italy/

India: The Continent Masquerading as a Country

https://strongsenseofplace.com/podcasts/2024-06-21-india/

Sri Lanka: Remarkable, Relentless, Resplendent

https://strongsenseofplace.com/podcasts/2023-04-03-sri_lanka/

Trains: Better Than Planes and Cars. Fight Me.

https://strongsenseofplace.com/podcasts/2020-12-14-trains/

Hotels: The Liminal Space with M&Ms in the Mini-Bar

https://strongsenseofplace.com/podcasts/2022-05-23-hotels/

The Sea: Tales of Poets and Pirates

https://strongsenseofplace.com/podcasts/2020-02-17-the_sea/

Some of our favorite books:

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (Spain)

https://strongsenseofplace.com/books/the_shadow_of_the_wind_zafon/

The Tricking of Freya by Christina Sunley (Iceland)

https://strongsenseofplace.com/books/the_tricking_of_freya_sunley/

Still Life by Sarah Winman (Italy)

https://strongsenseofplace.com/books/still_life_winman/

Dishoom: Cookery Book and Highly Subjective Guide to Bombay by Shamil Thakrar, Kavi Thakrar, Naved Nasir (India)

https://strongsenseofplace.com/books/dishoom_thakrar/

Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka by John Gimlette (Sri Lanka)

https://strongsenseofplace.com/books/elephant_complex_gimlette/

The Ladies-in-Waiting by Santiago Garcia, Javier Olivares (Spain)

https://strongsenseofplace.com/books/the_ladies_in_waiting_garcia/

Our summer reading plans:

Don't Look Now by Daphne du Maurier (Venice)

Billiards at the Hotel Dobray by Dušan Šarotar (Slovenia)

The Main Character by Jaclyn Goldis (Train) - I talked about it in this podcast:

https://strongsenseofplace.com/lolts/lolt-2024-05-31/

A Death in Cornwall by Daniel Silva (spy novel)

Born to Be Hanged: The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune by Keith Thomson (Panama)

Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman (Norway)

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

Bookshops

The Munich Readery in Munich

http://www.readery.de/

Well-Read Books of Wigtown

https://wellreadbooks.co.uk/

Wigtown Postcards: What It's Like to Run a Bookshop in Scotland's National Book Town

https://strongsenseofplace.com/2020/02/10/wigtown-photo-album-what-its-like-to-run-a-bookshop-in-scotlands-booktown/

Daunt Books in London

https://strongsenseofplace.com/2019/10/08/our-favorite-bookshops-daunt-books-in-london/

Typewronger Books in Edinburgh

https://strongsenseofplace.com/2019/11/28/typewronger-books-in-edinburgh-scotland-will-steal-your-heart/

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