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Coffee Break: Virtual vacation

Dreaming of warmer days from last winter's vacation view of Conjejo Bay and the Pacific Ocean in Huatulco, Mexico. Paul Huttner/MPR News
Dreaming of warmer days from last winter's vacation view of Conjejo Bay and the Pacific Ocean in Huatulco, Mexico. Paul Huttner/MPR NewsHuttner, Paul

by Jill Riley and Anna Weggel

August 31, 2020

It's a rainy Monday morning, and we want to daydream about being somewhere fabulous.

So for today's 9:30 Coffee Break, let's go on a virtual vacation. What songs would you like to hear that take you to somewhere you'd like to be right now?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

Led Zeppelin - Going to California
Lizzo - Paris
Gladys Knight and the Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia
John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads
My Morning Jacket - One Big Holiday
The Go Go's - Vacation
Frank Sinatra - New York, New York
(from Jade) Paul Simon - Graceland