PORTUGAL. 1975
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In September 1975, I travelled to Portugal. I was a young man at that time, and I knew little of the suffering the Portuguese people had gone through for more than 50 years. I spent most of my time in the traditional fishing village of Nazare where oxen were used to pull the boats on to the beach. That year, the oxen were slowly replaced by machines. These days’ Nazare’s major attractions are the large waves and surfing. |
Carl on train in Portugal
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From Wikipedia:
On April 25, 1974, the Portuguese military overthrew Antonio de Oliveira Salazar's authoritarian regime.
In the space of one night and one day, the revolution –
known as the "Carnation Revolution" (it owes its name to the flowers distributed to soldiers by a Lisbon merchant, who then placed them in the barrels of their rifles) –
was about to change the lives of the Portuguese people.
Thanks to it, 8.7 million citizens regained a freedom that most had never known.
In the space of one night and one day, the revolution –
known as the "Carnation Revolution" (it owes its name to the flowers distributed to soldiers by a Lisbon merchant, who then placed them in the barrels of their rifles) –
was about to change the lives of the Portuguese people.
Thanks to it, 8.7 million citizens regained a freedom that most had never known.
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