P’tite fleur aimée (“Little beloved flower”, also known as P’tite fleur fanée, “Little faded flower”), is the best known song from the island of Réunion . It is considered the unofficial local anthem. Being technically part of France its national anthem is La Marseillaise. Flying from Paris to the island of Réunion you are undertaking …
Monthly Archives: October 2021
It’s the same from Auschwitz to Ipswich
So go the lyrics from the track “Auschwitz to Ipswich” by Jarvis Cocker from his “self titled” solo album. Its quite difficult to find songs with Ipswich in the lyrics that are positive about the town. We debated hard and strong on whether to include Ipswich Town football chants or go for a bit of …
Then it’s the feeling like you’re also glad you came
We have a really tenuous link between our video and today’s destination. First enjoy the video and then we’ll explain the link. The title of today’s post is taken from the second line of the song. Many of you will be aware that Canadian born Nelly Furtado is of Portuguese ancestry and has from time …
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One Hundred
This is the One Hundreth posting. I know many of you haven’t been with us all the way through. However since around the 40th post we have seen a number of your regularly return to see the lastest offering. It took us awhile but we got into the habit of introducing each destination with a …