BuzzFeed recently had an article about the sounds from Italy that will fill you with Wanderlust. And it reminded me of all the sounds I associate with certain trips. Here are some of my top highlights that will instantly take me back in time:
Toronto: Theme from House of Cards
Google Play and Amazon had the first episode of House of Cars for free. I figured, sure why not, lets see what the hype is all about. I watched the first episode on my flights out…and got hooked. At night I’d watch House of Card before falling asleep.
San Diego: Military Bands
I’ve spent 4th of July twice in San Diego, and each time watched the many military bands at the parade.
Las Vegas: Slot Machines
No matter what the reason for the trip, the sounds of Slot Machines’ sound effects are sure to follow.
Guatemala, Belize, Mexico: Kesha’s Die Young
My English roommate Emily had a small speaker and played this song frequently throughout the trip. Ironically I hated Kesha before hearing this song, and it was a great pumped up party song for the trip.
Germany: German Christmas Music
On Christmas day my family stayed in and watched various old German Christmas specials on TV.
USVI: The sound of Rain
Both times I went to St. John it would rain at night, and since I was staying in a tent you could easily hear it.
Ireland: Wild Rover Drinking Song
My first night in Ireland I made my way to a traditional pub, where they taught us this song including when to clap and thump along.
San Francisco: The clang of Dim Sum dining carts
My favorite experience in San Francisco was the food, so its no wonder that dining carts sounds are what I remember best.
Italy: Robert Post Introductory Album & Mattafix’s Big City Life
My sister and I watched a MTV like channel and heard “Got None” and “Big City Life”. We fell in love with both songs. Later we purchased the Robert Post CD in Verona so we could listen to it.
Japan: Sailor Moon Karaoke
My host mother took us all out to Karaoke and then all the host mothers got together to sing the Moonlight Densetsu song!
England & Scotland: Reanimation Album by Linkin Park
I remember right before the trip this CD was released and I desperately wanted it. But I also had limited spending money and so decided to wait. But while in England I kept craving to hear new music and hated all the CDs I had brought with me (oh god it was that long ago) and so I paid triple the cost for the CD in a record store in Scotland and then listened to each song through the rest of the trip.
Those certainly aren’t all the sounds that remind me of travel but just the unique ones that come to mind.
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