Flying over Bucharest

An Englishman, a Frenchman and a Romanian are traveling around in a plane. Suddenly the Englishman stands up, sticks his arm out of the porthole and declares, "We're flying over London!". The other two, dazzled, ask him, "But how can you tell?." "I can see the Big Ben!" is the Englishman's reply. After a while, the Frenchman suddenly stands up, sticks his hand arm out of the window and says, "We're flying over Paris!". The others, amazed, ask him, "How possibly can you know?" "Look, there is the Eiffel Tower!" claims he. Finally the Romanian stands up, sticks his hand up and declares, "We're flying over Bucharest!". The other two, amazed reply, "But how can you tell?" and the Romanian, retrieving his arm, "Look, they've just stolen my watch!"


As promised, some music:

Tango to Evora, by Loreena McKennitt

The Celts, the Lusitans, Romans, Moors and Christians ruled the area and today there are many monuments dating from various historical periods.

Loreena McKennitt began her journey when she started to connect Celtic music with its history. She had learned about the geographic and historic spread of the Celts and then she found herself "drawn into a rich, ancient tapestry of sounds and rhythms and stories". She visited many places in the world exploring Celtic ruins and artifacts.

I really enjoy learning more about her recordings and the travels and research behind them.

Tango to Evora reminds me of my childhood days spent during summer holidays; of my childhood home and of my childhood dreams. Probably because of the relation between Vasco da Gama and Evora. I read "The Lusiads" many times as I loved traveling with this successful explorer :) I was very happy when we finally discovered India!