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Wednesday, October 14. 2020

Late for Columbus Day


This uplifting piece always reminds me of a sail (yes, sails) from Lisbon, down to Morocco - Casablanca and Marrakesh - then out to the Canary Islands, a few years ago. Our Captain always blasted this tune when leaving a port. 


As I have mentioned before, Columbus' house is still there on Las Palmas. We checked it out, and the cathedral next door. Some lady farmer gave him a bunch of sugar cane so he could find out whether it could grow in the West Indies. It sure did, for better or worse.


I did bring home a bunch of varieties of Canary Island rum. Stupid not to.



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Many years ago I sailed (literally, sailed) from Spain to The Canary islands: Tenerife. On a clear day, you could see the volcano from 50 miles away. Spent about a week there. Fell in lust with the daughter of a British engineer. Then sailed back to the USA via Bermuda.
#1 Stargazer on 2020-10-14 18:51 (Reply)
Maggies Farm once posted a video of the Corpus Christi procession in Orvieto (Umbria) , Italy that used this music. The music fit the procession very well. I am not embedding the link because one time when I did, the spam filter kicked in.


http://maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com/archives/16686-Corteo-Storico,-Orvieto.html
#2 Gringo on 2020-10-14 19:09 (Reply)
"Our Captain always blasted this tune when leaving a port."

I'm guessing it was one of the Star Clipper ships...we took a Star Clipper cruise in the Mediterranean, and that same tune was played.

Highly recommended.
#3 David Foster (Link) on 2020-10-14 19:20 (Reply)
I actually have a CD of the Vangelis Conquest of Paradise movie score (yes, a CD, I collect movie scores and I am old fashioned). I play that piece whenever I'm feeling particularly militant about all the politically correct nonsense.
#4 RebeccaH on 2020-10-15 12:37 (Reply)

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