The 25th of April marks one of the most important events in the history of Portugal: the end of Salazar dictatorship, back in 1974, in the so called
Revolução dos Cravos. The Portuguese community in Chile is small, of around 200 people registered at the embassy, but still enough to organize something, an opportunity to feel the home country closer, to bring a little piece of home to us. Through the embassy, a special dinner was organized in the only restaurant in Santiago where Portuguese food can be found, in fact a family house of a Chilean musician that spent many years in Portugal.
After all this time in Chile, I finally tasted the mythical
bacalhau (codfish) again and some wine from Alentejo. We were around 10 people, some that I knew before from the embassy. The atmosphere was clearly nostalgic, with some
fados and music from the Revolution sung and played by the restaurant owner himself. It was a true pleasure to share those moments with such special people, each with its own story. There was a surprise in the end: the owner brought his car from Portugal, a Fiat Punto with a Portuguese license plate, the first and probably the only Portuguese plate I will see in Chile!
The 25th of April marks one of the most important events in the history of Portugal: the end of Salazar dictatorship, back in 1974, in the so called Revolução dos Cravos. The Portuguese community in Chile is small, of around 200 people registered at the embassy, but still enough to organize something, an opportunity to feel the home country closer, to bring a little piece of home to us. Through the embassy, a special dinner was organized in the only restaurant in Santiago where Portuguese food can be found, in fact a family house of a Chilean musician that spent many years in Portugal.
After all this time in Chile, I finally tasted the mythical bacalhau (codfish) again and some wine from Alentejo. We were around 10 people, some that I knew before from the embassy. The atmosphere was clearly nostalgic, with some fados and music from the Revolution sung and played by the restaurant owner himself. It was a true pleasure to share those moments with such special people, each with its own story. There was a surprise in the end: the owner brought his car from Portugal, a Fiat Punto with a Portuguese license plate, the first and probably the only Portuguese plate I will see in Chile!
2 comments:
Olá Pedro.
Grande Revolucionário. :P
Deve ter sido uma festa mt fixe. Tendo em conta a distancia imagino o sentimento forte que é a saudade.
Na noite de 24 organizei o meu jantar de aniversário e depois fomos para um bar com karaoke (a Joana não foi cantar...teve medinho. ;P).
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Ahahaha, boa boa, é a miúfa!! O sentimento é forte e depois disso já nos juntamos todos novamente. Tou à espera de fotos para meter no blog! ;)
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