Having a superb time here in Portugal's academic heart with @Ben Austin @Bobby OReilly @Filomena Pascoal @Amy Noble @Andy Cline and lots of lovely new friends and businesses who've made us so welcome 🙏

I found a video discussing some tragic Portuguese history. It's about a collapse of a bridge over the Douro River in 2001. You might find it interesting. https://youtu.be/4-crzKYjSXY?si=0DtsccSFjYkef0l3

In 11 September 1985, the worst train accident in Portugal happened in Alcafache (Mangualde municipality, Viseu region). Two trains (Sud-Express, heading to Paris, and a regional train, on its way to Coimbra) collided head on. Several fires broke up, and because there were several hundred passengers in the trains, it's still unkown the real number of deceased, but the number most accepted is 150. A chapel will be inaugurated tomorrow (Sunday, 14th September 2025) in situ, in memory of the victims, with an imagem of Our Lady of the Emigrants (Nossa Senhora dos Emigrantes). https://sapo.pt/artigo/ha-40-anos-deu-se-o-acidente-ferroviario-mais-grave-de-sempre-em-portugal-terao-morrido-150-pessoas-em-alcafache-68c2a29e4933765026d1dc1ahttps://expresso.pt/sociedade/2025-09-11-ha-40-anos-deu-se-o-acidente-ferroviario-mais-grave-de-sempre-em-portugal-terao-morrido-150-pessoas-em-alcafache-d1b86fd4?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR5RCAX_3oH8D-lW_1hQsJRevyqNwSiLjohZExYvkBeHQ0B5dEP1msjvRKqJtA_aem_PMv3RyvBxW7ZlKvHy5ch4w

Thank you @Debby Bradford for the heads-up!!!

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