river – Marilyn Ambach

Letting the music take us to the moon and back…. We discuss the meaning of this Aquarius full moon and its effect on us, on our planet and on waters… Ending with a metaphor on love, separation and distance in a journey through time and space…

1	The 5th Dimension	Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In
2	Freak Power	Moonbeam Woman
3	Norah Jones	Shoot the moon
4	Cat Stevens	Moonshadow
5	Wild Rivers	Wandering Child
6	Carla Bruni	Moon river
7	The Tallest Man On Earth	Rivers
8	Melody Gardot	Love Me Like A River Does
9	Nick Drake	River Man
10	Leon Bridges	River
11	Carole King	I Feel The Earth Move
12	Simon & Garfunkel	Citizen of the Planet
13	Paul Weller	Moon on Your Pyjamas
14	Jefferson Starship	Count On Me
15	Elton John	Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long Long Time)
16	David Bowie	Life on Mars

Listen to all the songs compiled on my Unwind Rewind Spotify Playlist – without the talking

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They say “the river Scheldt (Dutch: Schelde) owes its existence to God, and Antwerp owes its existence to the river Scheldt”. Thanks to this river Antwerp is the 2nd largest harbour in Europe and the 4th in the world. Both the Right (the historical city) as the Left Bank of the Scheldt are unique places to visit. There’s the vivid historical city center, with tons of shops, restaurants and tourist attractions on one side, and there is nature and 20th century nostalgia on the other side. With its Casino’s, the restaurants and even a small beach the Left Bank was indeed a popular place for entertainment. There’s not much left of those glory days now, but you can still feel the swing of the 60ies and the 70ies when you go for some delicious moules-frites (mussels with fries) on the terrace at Sint Anneke beach, while enjoying the view on the historical city across the river. The Sint-Anna pedestrian tunnel, build in 1932-1933, is a true beauty (if a tunnel can ever be called beautiful) which is definitely worth a visit. Let me just tell you with some pictures I took today what I can’t express with words:

Above: The statue of Pieter Paul Rubens, Antwerp’s most famous painter, keeping an eye on the Groenplaats (historical city)

Above: view on the guild halls on the Grote Markt (16th Century)

Above: detail of the wrought iron gates which used to indicate the line between the docks and the public street (late 19th century)

Above: easy Antwerp transportation: these city bikes take you everywhere as long as you dock them in another station within 30 minutes.

Above and under: enjoying a nice stroll on the boardwalk along the Scheldt between Antwerp’s North and South side

Above: time for some nice Belgian fries, while enjoying the view on the Cathedral (under)

Under: view on the Left Bank from the boardwalk.Under: the entrance of the Sint Anna pedestrian tunnel (build in 1933) Above &under: inside the pedestrian tunnel (the wooden escalators also date back to 1933)