suuuper quick update! Kindra here, and I've finally updated our road trip theme song on Youtube to include our more recent additions, starting all the way back around Christmas time. I thought I'd give a brief description of why we've selected the recent songs we have, to bring you more fully into our experiences.
It was a very emotional time for us this last Christmas of 2012, knowing it was our last holiday season in the states for not sure how long. Because of how nostalgic we felt at the end of that time, we felt drawn to the song 'I'll Be Home For Christmas' to represent that whole period of goodbyes, last times of this and that, and Christmas time.
Once we got to Ireland, it was so....Irish! The song that stood out to me the most by far was while we were visiting the Cliffs of Moher (or cliffs of insanity, if you're familiar with the Princess Bride movie.) We had biked there from our hosts house, were sopping wet and freezing, and had just stepped into the visitor center before they were closing. There was an interactive part, telling you different things about the area, and I pushed a button to play the song entitled 'Cliffs of Moher' that was inspired by the very same cliffs we had just seen. The song seemed perfectly representative of the cliffs somehow, and the whole Irish culture at the same time, so it was an easy choice to remind us of our time there.
Scotland was a totally different time! The song 'Skyfall' by Adele from the recent James Bond movie Skyfall is more of an uncanny fit for particular memories we had while there than anything else. Our host owned a helicopter company, and as we understand it, some of his helicopters were used during the filming of Skyfall in the Scotland areas. On top of that, we also watched 'Casino Royale' and 'Skyfall' with our fellow WWOOFers while there, Scotland is mentioned several times during the movie (we drove on the A9 all the time, which is mentioned in the film!), and the land of his estate Skyfall is just like land we consistently drove through. As if that wasn't enough, the Oscars took place while we were there, when Adele won Best Song for 'Skyfall'. So it was more like "How can we possibly pick any other song in the world besides this one?" by the end of it.
So there you have it! Youtube list updated, and hopefully we'll get that map updated with our most recent France driving soon too.
Until next time, au revoir, and happy listening!
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