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Song of the Month: April

Monday, April 28th, 2014

Song:  Country Roads by John Denver

Why:  While I knew this song when I lived in the US, I never heard it so many times in my whole life as in the last 3 years here in Austria.  It gets played at festivals, après ski, and just about anywhere there is a band or a DJ.  Incredibly everyone knows all the words in English and sings along when it’s played.  I think the idea of taking a small alpine road back to your hometown really resonates with the people here, but it’s still funny to me when everyone is shouting “mountain mama” with a German accent.

Anyway, I admit that I like the song.  This month we took a few country roads of our own to a place called Cesky Krumlov in the middle of nowhere in the Czech Republic.  It’s a small medieval town with a big castle that is really lovely.  Here’s a view: