Days 30-33: Lisbon Part 3: Meeting old friends
Disclaimer: All voyages in this blog are being taken safely in the comfort of our imaginations - based on our plans and intentions for travel in 2020. What is reality after all?
A really short post to the blog today before we we head off to Coimbra; about catching up with more old friends while in Lisbon. These are connections and friendships that have sprouted over our many previous visits. This is the title Rebento of the new album from one of them - it means 'sprout':
Through our connections with Rita, Tiago - and with Jota, now in Germany [who we'll catch up with in July] - we have stayed in contact with some of these (if only through facebook), so it was great to meet face to face again.
Professor Miguel Goulão is now Professor at the Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia - Universidade Nova de Lisboa:
We think Miguel was in that notorious group that checked us out in Rossio on first meeting, and we've previously wandered Lisbon and Seixal streets with him on several earlier visits.
And then, luckily visiting back to Lisbon from Zafra in Extremadura, Hugo Lopes:
also from the same friendship circles. Coffee and água com gás with these friends:
It was wonderful to meet them again and catch up with their lives.
And it was particularly special to re-meet with musical colleagues who we've admired and linked with from afar:
Rui Junior, managing director of TocáRufar:
who kindly invited us for dinner in his apartment in Sintra MANY years ago and played Doudou Ndaiye Rose to us loudly late at night, and talked about his dreams to have an ensemble of young people playing traditional Portuguese percussion:
Here is TocáRufar playing live:
It was also wonderful to catch up with Rui Vaz:
and remember that also MANY years ago, we gave a very young son a toy kangaroo ...
and the son has now grown up and graduated (to his father's pride):
Rui proudly showed us the video of João singing Grândola for April 25th remembrances.
We remembered Rui drumming and singing in Gaiteiros de Lisboa (a life-changing experience in a small room) and have been proud to play music from his current group Companhia do Canto Popular on the Global Village - where Rui is joined by other greats of traditional Portuguese music:
How time has moved along! But our hearts remain with these Portuguese friends.
A really short post to the blog today before we we head off to Coimbra; about catching up with more old friends while in Lisbon. These are connections and friendships that have sprouted over our many previous visits. This is the title Rebento of the new album from one of them - it means 'sprout':
Through our connections with Rita, Tiago - and with Jota, now in Germany [who we'll catch up with in July] - we have stayed in contact with some of these (if only through facebook), so it was great to meet face to face again.
Professor Miguel Goulão is now Professor at the Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia - Universidade Nova de Lisboa:
We think Miguel was in that notorious group that checked us out in Rossio on first meeting, and we've previously wandered Lisbon and Seixal streets with him on several earlier visits.
And then, luckily visiting back to Lisbon from Zafra in Extremadura, Hugo Lopes:
also from the same friendship circles. Coffee and água com gás with these friends:
It was wonderful to meet them again and catch up with their lives.
And it was particularly special to re-meet with musical colleagues who we've admired and linked with from afar:
Rui Junior, managing director of TocáRufar:
who kindly invited us for dinner in his apartment in Sintra MANY years ago and played Doudou Ndaiye Rose to us loudly late at night, and talked about his dreams to have an ensemble of young people playing traditional Portuguese percussion:
Here is TocáRufar playing live:
It was also wonderful to catch up with Rui Vaz:
and the son has now grown up and graduated (to his father's pride):
Rui proudly showed us the video of João singing Grândola for April 25th remembrances.
We remembered Rui drumming and singing in Gaiteiros de Lisboa (a life-changing experience in a small room) and have been proud to play music from his current group Companhia do Canto Popular on the Global Village - where Rui is joined by other greats of traditional Portuguese music:
Here they are live - with Sara Vidal - and José Barros and our friend Rui Vaz featured at the end:
How time has moved along! But our hearts remain with these Portuguese friends.
It was so great to meet up again with such special people, who have generously shown us around their beloved Lisboa, its amazing restaurants (including a Brazilian pasta restaurant that was a legendary experience), fascinating museums such as the azulejo museum, extraordinary concerts (including one at the Gulbenkian Theatre, and the after party on the docks lasting into the small hours), and trips into the countryside (including a stay in Vouzela and a walk across a very high railway bridge). Great moments. Obrigada.
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