########################################################################## # Goanetters-2004 meet in Goa. Dec 21, Tuesday. 12 noon to 2 pm. # # Clube Vasco, Near Municipal Garden, Panjim. Pass the word around! # ##########################################################################
I am sorry, Tony, but I don't remember anything about the bridge over the river Tagus having been closed for those celebrations of the 500th anniversary of the Portuguese Discoveries. Those celebrations took place in 1998 (commemorating Vasco da Gama's landing at Calicut in 1498); and, as the much-talked-about and extremely successful Expo'98 (World Exhibition) also took place during several months of that year, I doubt that it would be possible for the authorities to close the bridge at that juncture. Anyway, you may be right, after all. Jorge ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 8:54 AM Subject: [Goanet]Re IFFI and bridge closure > > Seb wrote on the subject (quote): > > "Regarding the bridge closure, I must admit that the news about this > bridge came as a bolt from the blue. I have no clue about its > setting. But why close a bridge on a big highway for a party? Very > strange, indeed. Strange indeed - It happens only In GOA > > Ajib hai Goa ke loag(people) remember!!" > > -- Strange as it may seem, it is not so strange after all! If I remember > correctly, the famous bridge on the Tagus river at Lisbon was similarly > closed for a celebration some years ago (I think it was during the centenary > celebrations of the Portuguese discoveries.) It is quite possible that the > organisers of the Corjuem bridge party got their inspiration from this > precedent! Perhaps Jorge (Abreu Noronha) could clarify. ---Tony > Correia-Afonso. > > >
