To dive into the childhood of our guest, Maria Rolo, is to remember the years of civil war that Portugal went through but also those when the dictator Antonio Salazar took power. An essentially rural and harsh Portugal that the 19-year-old girl tries to leave at all costs.
She fantasized about France through the stories of her father who told her, for years, about a country where life would be sweet. He was a worker for several years in this beautiful country which rhymes, for him, with freedom. When she sets down her suitcases in a limousin in 1977, she is immediately seduced even if life is hard at first. As soon as the family home has been left, at 19, she has to learn to run her own house, raise her children, but also learn a new language.
Welcoming the people of Limougeauds …
…. turns out to be exceptional. She will never forget it and will return it a hundredfold, later, by multiplying voluntary actions with the most needy.
She also expresses her generosity through her passion, cooking. She gives us her little tip for a Maria Rolo-style limousine hotpot, listen …
A few decades later, his crush on the region has not wavered. When asked if she misses her country, she immediately retorts: “Never! […], specifying, if I leave for two weeks, I can only wait: get back in my limousin“.
What else to add ?
The good Portuguese addresses of Maria Rolo …
Costa establishment, 20 rue Berthie Albrecht North business zone, 87280 Limoges. France.
The flavors of Portugal, 15 avenue de l’Abattoir, 87000 Limoges.
The hometown of Maria Rolo …
To listen further …
Portrait of Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese economist and statesman.