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Teresa Vale

Going back – a different goodbye

In PersonalTags Mozambique, going back, Maputo, nationality, holidays, Lisbon, MadeiraPublish Date2 October, 2018Leave a comment

So it’s over, and we are now on the plane back to Lisbon. After what has undoubtedly been one of the trips of my life, if not “the one”.   Even if my feelings about these last days are still in a turmoil and I know it will take some time to fully understand how I stand regarding my past, there are some conclusions to be taken.   First of all, this trip was the fulfilling of a dream. For years …

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Going back – our house

In PersonalTags house, garden, going back, avenues, Polana, memoriesPublish Date10 September, 2018Leave a comment

It’s all very “normal”. We come out of the plane through a sleeve and miss the feeling of the heat wave on our face. Our suitcases come out in less than five minutes and there is someone waiting for us with a huge card ” Polana Serena” on it – the name of our hotel.   First impressions As we drive away from the airport I try hard to find some familiar sights, but I don’t. I can only remember …

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Going back – on the plane to Mozambique

In PersonalTags city, Mozambique, going back, Africa, Maputo, TAP, tourist, Lisbon, plane, daughterPublish Date4 September, 2018Leave a comment

After a night on the plane I feel surprisingly well and energetic. I look at the travel route on the screen map and see we are almost there.   In fact the captain has already announced our descent to Maputo. Again the screen shows us the course taken: a straight line from Lisbon to the shores of the Indian Ocean. Almost eleven hours to get us there but then I remember the sixteen hours it took us back in the …

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Going back

In PersonalTags home, Mozambique, house, garden, trees, going back, girl, tears, heartPublish Date2 July, 20182 Comments

The girl sat in the backseat of the car together with her brother and Grandmother. After giving some last instructions, her Grandfather sat next to the driver and told him sharply “Let’s go””. The driver started the engine and they came down the path on the left of the house for the last time: she saw, as if in a dream, the tall araucaria tree, the green lawn where she had so often played with her brother; she glimpsed her …

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