Come take a break and go Mallorca

So sang Loft in their 1996 single “Mallorca”. Loft a German band founded by two Jamaican brothers Courtney and Richard Williams had a number of chart hits with their earlier singles but this one unfortunately didn’t but became a club favourite. However as we grow older we start to appreciate a different side to Mallorca. …

It’s a trip around the Sun in Gran Canaria

If there is one song, that will entice you to get on a plane to Gran Canaria, it has to be this one by Edward Fox and the Animal Kingdom. Information on the band is a bit sketchy but they are based in Gran Canaria with links to Poland, Italy and Denmark. They say the …

Te Dejo Madrid

“I am leaving Madrid” sings the Columbian Singer Shakira. The video below has a bullfighting theme to it. The Spanish “El Juli” sued Shakira for $5 million for using scenes of one of his performances without his permission. As a visitor to Spain, it is sometimes difficult to understand how even in modern times, that …

Formentera Lady

Houses iced in whitewash guard a pale shore-lineCornered by the cactus and the pineHere I wander where sweet sage and strange herbs growDown a sun-baked crumpled stony road. These opening lyrics to the 1969 song “Formentera Lady” by British band, King Crimson helps to explain why many musicians have found inspiration on the tiny island …

Tenerife Sea

Ed Sheeran’s 2014 song “Tenerife Sea”, is a reference to the island of Tenerife which according to Sheeran, the blue colour of the sea, matched the colour of the eyes of his girlfriend at that time. Tenerife is the largest and most heavily populated of the Canary Islands which are located off the north-west coast …

Welcome back my friends

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 …

We’re all going on a summer holiday.

“We’re going where the sun shines brightlyWe’re going where the sea is blue” So sung Cliff Richard in the film “Summer Holiday” as he drove his No.9 London bus from London to the South of France via Dover and Paris. With the lifting of restrictions on non-essential travel to certain overseas destinations we can all …

If food be the reason to travel, book now.

It’s a bit of a twist on Shakespeare’s famous words from Twelfth Night, but as we start to put Christmas well behind us, it’s time to start looking forward to making plans to travel in the future. Looking back to our first post, one of the reasons we like to travel is to experience the …