EL al within 3 years. On the 24 th of July he left Anvers, in Belgium, passed by the Scily islands, in south UK, and on the first day of September he anchored his boat in the bay of Horta. As soon as Brel arrives in Horta, he gets some news from Paris, saying that his good friend Jacques Pasquier (Jojo) passed away, after losing a fight with cancer. Brel immediately boards the ship from Ponta Delgada to Terceira and from there takes a plane to Paris, in order to be present at his friend’s funeral on September the 3 rd . In the meantime, his daughter France Brel and girlfriend Maddly Bammy, stay in Horta so as to take care of the boat. After some days Brel comes back to the Azores, in a friend’s private jet. But he feels a bit sick, and calls a Belgian doctor, Dr. Luis Decq Mota, to visit him on the boat. He is diagnosed with a flu, however the doctor’s visit sparkles a friendship between the two men, and Jacques Brel ends up going around the
Entretanto, na Horta, ficam a filha France Brel e a amiga do cantor, Maddly Bammy, a tomar conta do barco. Brel regressa dias depois aos Açores, no avião particular de um amigo que lhe deu uma boleia até ao Faial. Mas regressa adoentado, e consegue que o Doutor Luís Decq Mota, médico de ascendência belga, o vá ver a bordo do Askoy. Trata-se de uma gripe. Porém, estabelece-se uma amizade entre os dois homens, e Jacques Brel acaba por passear pela ilha do Faial na companhia da família Decq Mota.
island with the company of the Decq Mota family. He visits the Oton da SIlveira’s scrimshaw workshop and frequently attends Peter Café Sport. He leaves Horta on the 18 th of September, setting sail to Madeira, and afterwards crosses the Atlantic towards the Panama Channel. Meanwhile, what appeared to be a simple flu, got worse, and forced the singer to go back to Europe. In Paris, he was diagnosed with lung cancer. Brel never managed to finish his circumnavigation. After being operated on, he departed again
tinha comprado um veleiro com a intenção de dar a volta ao mundo
he bought a sailing yacht with the aim to circumnavigate the globe
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