Friday, August 5, 2011

Should Alexandre and I have kissed the ground, something you do when you visit the country of your dreams for the first time?

Just when we thought we would never reach, just when we felt much like Vasco da Gama at the Cabo de Tormentos, just when we were running low on water and rations ….We were in Lisbon, ao contrario de aeroporto de Bruxelas, tão sereno, tão calmo e sem nenhuma alma o aeroporto de Lisboa é um dia de festa. Toda a gente a beijar, a abraçar, a rir e a falar e tudo ao mesmo tempo.
Que alegria!
Should Alexandre and I have kissed the ground, something you do when you visit the country of your dreams for the first time? I do not know, we were bemused. Just the sight of Herculano and Maria Helena distributing goodies from India was mind boggling.
Chouriços de Goa para este primo, Bebinca para uma tia, castanhas de caju para amigos. Até uma mala VIP para uma amiga, era uma feira.
E naquele momento, espreitamos o nosso grande amigo, o nosso professor, mentor, tirano par excellence, Professor Delfim! Que alegria para nós todos. At this moment we realised how much this kind and genial Santa Claus had done for us, how tirelessly he had worked to get us to Portugal.
Dev borem khorum Professor!
And then we were on our way to Aveiro, our home for the next three weeks. But the Portuguese Caminhos de Ferro failed us……….Let us just shut it out , when all our memories of Aveiro are so good and so precious.
We reach Aveiro at 2 in the morning, no time to admire the beautiful Azulejos at the Station, we did it later! And much like our Patrão (Herculano) said, apareceu um Anjo de Guarda para nos acudir, Professora Eugenia que estava a nossa espera até as duas horas de madrugada. Os Portugueses, sempre tão gentis, bondosos e cheios de vida. Profesora Eugenia so chique and beautiful took our breath away, we dusty and travel worn could only listen bemusedly to her instructions. In that state of befuddlement we lost track of everything and thus misplaced Alexandre’s bag. My dear Alexandre.
But just in case you have any pointers to the Mystery of the Disappearing Bag please contact Sherlock Holmes, he is handling the Case.

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