Soundtrack for 6 nights in a lonely hotel room

Text & Photo: Julie Schwietert Collazo

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Hotel rooms make me lonely, even the loveliest ones.

My lovely hotel room on a recent trip to Amsterdam.

I can go strong all day, but when I return to my hotel room, devoid of anything other than my bags to say “This is your place,” well, I get sad, and fast.

You may know that I have a crazy, crazy passion for love songs in Spanish. When I’m alone in a hotel room, I DJ myself through the loneliness by pulling up dramatic love songs^ on YouTube (forget Pandora, whose “Latin music” selection is pretty lame).

Seems strange to cure loneliness with plaintive songs, perhaps, but it works for me.

Here’s my soundtrack for six nights in a lonely hotel room:

-“Acompañame a Estar Solo,” Ricardo Arjona

-“La Nave del Olvido,” Cristian

-“Remolino,” Francisco Cespedes with Ana Belen

-“Yolanda”, Pablo Milanes

-“Me Dedique a Perderte,” Alejandro Fernandez

-“Yo Queria,” Cristian

-“Como Si No Nos Hubieramos Amado,” Laura Pausini

-“Lento,” Julieta Venegas

-“Lola,” Chayanne

-“Quitemonos la Ropa,” Alexandre Pires

-“Volver a Amar,” Cristian

-“Peces de Ciudad,” Ana Belen

-“Siete,” Carlos Varela

-“El Alma al Aire,” Alejandro Sanz

-“Guitarra Mia,” Polo Montanez

-“Si No Te Hubieras Ido,” Marco Antonio Solis

What’s your travel soundtrack, and when do you cue it?

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^Not all the “love songs” are love for a person; a few are about love for a place or idea.