International Traveller

SHIFTING GEARS

Driving tentatively down an unsealed road towards our hotel, we wonder for a moment if we have the right property: we see little around us except for vines. We are in the Alentejo region of Portugal, which is as remote as you can get in a country roughly the size of Tasmania. We spot a small jaunty sign confirming our address; we have

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