After the announcement on Thursday, by both the British and German governments that travel restrictions to the Canary Islands have been lifted, the Canary Islands Tourism is welcoming back its friends. British and German tourists are the mainstay of the Canary Island tourism and hospitality industry. “Welcome back my friends” are the opening words of …
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Don’t think I’ll own a private jet
Sang Rod Stewart in the song “True Blue*” released in 1972. In fact most of us will never own a private jet, however over the past few years private jet travel has become more affordable so that more and more of us are flying “private”. If you just want the experience of flying on a …
Spend a winter in St Lucia just to meditate
In the track “Winter in St Lucia” by St Lucian born Kayo the lyrics are about his return to his native island as he needed a break from the world. He is not the first person and will not be the last person in the world to go to “Spend a winter in St Lucia …
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Up on the motorway, Scotland’s not far
We visited Scotland earlier in the year. Sometimes it is easy to forget the beautiful places to visit that are so close to home. As the lyrics from Lindisfarne song “No time to lose” reminds us, “Up on the motorway, Scotland’s not far”. Once you get to Edinburgh, why don’t you indulge yourself and experience …
Summertime in Venice
“Summertime in Venice” was the theme song from the film “Summertime” where Katharine Hepburn travels to Venice on her own. The song was released as a single by a number of artists including her co-star Rossano Brazzi. The version below is by Connie Francis issued 5 years after the film hit the big screen in …
My girl and I went walking
by the Caribbean sea. So wrote Jimmy Buffett in his track Pre-You. Buffett is multi-talented American singer–songwriter, author, and businessman. His songs often make reference to an “island escapism” lifestyle. I think that many of us could do with some of that right now. His songs are full of references to various Caribbean islands and …
Cyprus is my island
“Cyprus is my island. When the going’s rough I would love to find you Somewhere in a place like that… ” David Bowie once again provides our musical inspiration for our travel destination this week. The lyrics above come from the track “Move On”. Bowie’s first wife Angie was actually born on the island and …
Cheira a Lisboa
“Cheira bem, já tem sol, Cheira a lua, cheira a Lisboa” which translates as “Smells good, it’s sunny, smells like the moon, smells like Lisbon”. The song by Belgium born Wendy Nazaré and French singer Pep’s, is about the delights of Lisbon as well as referring to historical events such as the Great Earthquake of …
Rīga, mana Rīga, tevi mīlu es
“Riga, my Riga, I love you”, is a popular Latvian song written based upon the poetry of Aleksandrs Čaks, a famous Latvian poet. Čaks was born in Riga and much of his poetry was written about the wonderful city of Riga and its people. There is a street named after him. Arturs Maskats composed the …
Nostalgia de Milan
Giovanni D’Anzi is the writer of the song that bares the title “Nostalgia de Milan”. He was born in Milan in 1906 and wrote many songs relating to Milan. He is most famous for this song ” O mia bela Madonina“. Written in 1934 as a counter to the songs of the Napolean immigrants and …