View from our cruise ship in Victoria, British Columbia. Victoria is the capital of BC and is known as the "Garden City". We walked only five miles today spending our time in the city. There were gardens and trees everywhere. Victoria is so clean and green - the best way to describe it is pristine.
Built in 1909, The Empress is the iconic hotel that is shown in nearly every description of Victoria. We walked by it several times today as it sits near the harbor. It was 60 degrees and the sun shined all day making this city sparkle. The locals were mostly dressed in tee shirts, shorts and sandals while we wore long sleeve shirts with a jacket. Our lunch stop was Finn's Seafood. We walked to Cook Street Village for coffee and muffins which were good along with a good walk through residential neighborhoods but the village was a bit of a disappointment. Munro's Bookstore was a highlight. The building was constructed in 1909 for The Royal Canadian Bank and is often listed as one of the world's most beautiful bookstores,
Not only a song, this is the name of the restaurant where we dined tonight. The food was delicious and a reflection of the restaurant's relationship with local farmers, foragers, fishmongers, craft brewers and winemakers on Victoria Island.
This mural of Jimi Hendrix is prominently displayed in the restaurant. Jimi Hendrix wrote and recorded Wind Cries Mary in 1967. The lyrics are commonly referenced to a fight he had with his girlfriend. However, I relate to the lyrics as having meaning about the transcendence of life.
Travel quotations and song lyrics are featured at the end of my blogs. Love songs are most prominent and this song was released in 2013 and sung by Tate Stevens. These lyrics might help explain why love songs are so meaningful to me.
It can make you cry, it can make you laugh
Give you feelings that you've never had
make the worse of times just fade away
Help you find the words that you don't know how to say
It can take you back to that first time
when you both looked into each other's eyes
you say I do, and take her hand
So you start to sway for that first dance
The power of a love song
Can make you believe
The power of a love song
It can change everything
It can right every wrong, help you hold on
even when all hope is gone
It's the power of a love song
It can make you cry, It can make you laugh
Give you feelings that you've never had
Marji and I saw American Aquarium at the Southgate House Revival last night. They played this favorite of ours about the transformative power of a great song. I know you can relate.
ReplyDeleteI turn the radio on
And out comes a song I didn't recognize.
The way the singer was singing,
My heart was connected, I was hypnotized.
How can something that I've never heard in my life
Pull me back into the light?
It's a time, it's a place,
A lyrical sucker-punch to the face.
I was running on empty, and life was really getting me down.
It was a hook, it was a line, it was a savior in three-quarter time.
I was out there losing my mind
When all I needed was a song.
It was a spiritual change.
I'm no longer the same. I've turned a page.
In one afternoon,
A three minute tune was my coming of age.
In its transformative power, I began to devour every pain staking word.
It's a time, it's a place,
A lyrical sucker-punch to the face.
I was running on empty, and life was really getting me down.
It was a hook, it was a line, it was a savior in three-quarter time.
I was out there losing my mind
When all I needed was a song.
I knew you would understand!
ReplyDeleteDid you go in the worlds most beautiful bookstore?
ReplyDeleteOh yes and bought books. On the flight home, I read If Cats Disappeared From the World by Genki Kawamura.
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