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Hello. Do you mean Fuzeta in the Algarve (southern Portugal) or is there another(s)Over 100 years ago, before immigrating to the USA, my family lived in Fuseta (Fuzeta?). The sentimentalist in me would like to visit the birthplace of my forebears in conjunction with my Camino. But really, I don't know what I would do there. I have the name of a street from my Grandmother's birth certificate (if it was translated correctly), so I guess I could go there and see the street then leave?
Is there anything else I should do in Fuseta? Would it make more sense to visit it before my Camino, or afterwards? Or should I just forget the whole idea?
Thanks for advice and insight!
Awesome! That will be helpful! Thank you!Hope this may be of some help http://www.visit-eastalgarve.com/travel_guide-fuseta.html
Ondo Ibili !
Hello. Do you mean Fuzeta in the Algarve (southern Portugal) or is there another(s)
I live very near to Fuseta and know quite a few people there. Do you have any living relatives that you know are still there,if you want to give some names,i shall make enquiries on your behalf ,should you wish. MartinI believe that's the one I mean. I don't speak Portuguese, and all I have to go on these days is a scan of my grandmother's Portuguese birth certificate.
Sadly, I don't know of anyone still living there. My dad passed away a few years ago.I live very near to Fuseta and know quite a few people there. Do you have any living relatives that you know are still there,if you want to give some names,i shall make enquiries on your behalf ,should you wish. Martin
What an awesome idea! Thanks! I took the "street view walk" down the street after reading this. It's a small street, ending at a Church. Probably the church where my grandmother/aunts/uncles were baptized. How neat would it be to take my brother there?Fuseta has street view in Google Earth, Have you seen if the house is still there?
It's a shame it's not on the Camino route--I love love to be able to get a sello from there!
Hi Snowgen. The street of your forbears was Rua de IGREJA,which means Church road in English. The old church is still there and the road its on is still the same road.Sadly, I don't know of anyone still living there. My dad passed away a few years ago.
All I know is that as a child, my grandmother lived on Rua Ingreja in Fuseta, and that her parents were Jose Rolão and Maria Diaz Griels (they passed on when I was young). They left Portugal in 1915 (and I'll be there in 2015--how perfect is that?). I think there was a Cormo family involved, but that's really ancient history now.
Anyway, thank you for your kind offer.
If you want to, your caminho starts in Fuseta of all places ! So it is a great idea to stamp your credential there as well!What an awesome idea! Thanks! I took the "street view walk" down the street after reading this. It's a small street, ending at a Church. Probably the church where my grandmother/aunts/uncles were baptized. How neat would it be to take my brother there?
It's a shame it's not on the Camino route--I love love to be able to get a sello from there!
Probably a trip of 1100 kms and some !How long do you have? Would you be tempted by the idea of a long coastal walk to Lisbon from Fuseta, then onwards to Santiago? That would be epic, and I would love to read your account of it!
I read a story of a Dutch pilgrim who walked from the utmost south west point of Europe in the Algarve (cabo São Vicente - you only can go back or swim to America from there and on behalf of that there is a German who sells the last German sausage to America thereProbably a trip of 1100 kms and some !
More fashionable is a musical (on Broadway, London or Amsterdam ) or a movieI can see a great book in this: 'To Santiago from the village of my fathers, via the last German sausage to America'
+/- 100 kms from Fuseta to Sagres,OK 1250 mais ou menos.I read a story of a Dutch pilgrim who walked from the utmost south west point of Europe in the Algarve (cabo São Vicente - you only can go back or swim to America from there and on behalf of that there is a German who sells the last German sausage to America there. ) and he walked 300 km from there to Lisbon.
From Fuseta to Lisbon is about the same distance .added to the caminho from Lisbon you end up about 950 kms to Santiago de Compostela. Which means 9 till 10 weeks.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOps,1150 m ou m+/- 100 kms from Fuseta to Sagres,OK 1250 mais ou menos.
Thinking that VdlP from Sevilla is +/-1000, then yes, Fuseta somewhat less.950ks seems about right.OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOps,1150 m ou m
Mil cemcinquenta ? Creo que não ! É menos !OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOps,1150 m ou m
Methinks if one walks west ,along the coast from Fuseta to Sagres,then follows the coast ,as much as possible to Lisboa,the trip would be well in excess of mil e cem. Fusea,>Sao Bras>Almodova>Beja>Santarem etc,then the trip might be n0ve centos e tal. All vague estimates,of course.Mil cemcinquenta ? Creo que não ! É menos !
The best remedy is to find it out (not by me by the way..the Algarve is not my favourite area of Portugal)Methinks if one walks west ,along the coast from Fuseta to Sagres,then follows the coast ,as much as possible to Lisboa,the trip would be well in excess of mil e cem. Fusea,>Sao Bras>Almodova>Beja>Santarem etc,then the trip might be n0ve centos e tal. All vague estimates,of course.
Most were born from fisher folk stock,and even further back it is believed that many of the coastal dwellers have Celtic origins. Do let me know if you do decide to visit.
Tell me when abouts are you going to be in Algarve, it might be possible i could come and meet you in Fuseta,or nearby. Maybe come to my home for evening meal if you don´t mind hill billy. Ha ha.Martin,
That they were born of fisher-folk stock doesn't surprise me: my brother, father, and grand-father were all fishermen, and my great-grandfather (Jose Rolão, the one who immigrated from Fuseta) was a sailor.
We will definitely be visiting there!
Thanks,
Joe
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