Estremoz

Lessons Learned from Seven Weeks in Portugal's Alentejo

By: Bruce Joffe

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

They say that people in the Alentejo remember what the rest of the world has forgotten. I must admit, I have used that as a lead more than once. But after the last few weeks, I saw that it was rather true. My family and I spent seven weeks living in the Alentejo—we bought a rural farmhouse not far from Estremoz—and transplanted ourselves into an area where we knew no one.