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Jack Montgomery In Life in Another Country, Slow Travel

Travel Writing, there’s no need to exaggerate

“I'm on the lookout for thieves,” the woman patrolling the cork forest next to our house told us. I hadn't thought of the area where...

Jack Montgomery In Life in Another Country, Slow Travel

The Fundamentals of Life in Rural Portugal

A week ago it was 5C in our kitchen first thing in the morning, rising to a balmy 7/8C by midday. The kitchen wasn't the...

Jack Montgomery In Life in Another Country, My Soapbox

Our Weekly Shopping Bill in Portugal

€1.80 per portion. That's what our meal cost us last night. It was a creamy and zesty salmon carbonara which I'd happily have paid €10...

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