Although today is a day for my physicist to work on the final presentation of his upcoming talks, we walked down to La Recoleta area again, to wander through the craft fair. It was crowded and pleasant and though we looked at lots of interesting things, we did not find anything we absolutely had to have. Just outside the cemetery, we ran across this group, Aqualactica, performing their electric string instruments. We sat for awhile in the afternoon sun, taking in the weather, the people watching, and the lovely music. Eventually, we bought their CD.
We have a CD, A Memory of Ireland, we bought at the Cliffs of Moher, from the performer Tina Mulrooney while she sat under an umbrella, literally singing in the rain. Among the great new (to us) Irish folk tunes we learned, we loved singing along to "The Old Rugged Cross" as we drove our little rented car on the wrong side of the way-too-narrow roads.
And we have a CD we bought from Classique Metropolitain, the group that performs in the Paris Subway while people spin past (see below), so we knew from past experience that these make great memories of great moments. Even if the music isn't spectacular there is always pleasure in listening to it.
There is nothing like music to take you back to a place and time so completely.
Listen to what we're listening to at http://www.aqualactica.com/
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