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Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Spain (Vintage Departures) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Driving Over LemonsWritten by the first drummer for the rock group Genesis, this wonderful account concerns a family making a life and home in remote but enchanting southern Spain. Photos throughout.
Full description- Publisher: Vintage Books
- Published: 08 May 2001
- Format: Paperback 272 pages
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- Categories: Guidebooks | Travel Writing
- ISBN 13: 9780375709159 ISBN 10: 0375709150
- Sales rank: 130,127
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Reviews for Driving Over Lemons
An eternal optimist starts a new life in Andalucía
My wife bought this book about ten years ago having heard a review on Radio 2. She enjoyed reading it and so did I. More than that, it inspired us to move to Spain. I must admit, though, that we didn´t entirely follow in Chris Stewart's footsteps - working a farm in the Alpujarras sounded like much too much hard work so we relocated to the coast instead.
However, intrigued by Chris Stewart's book we began to explore the Alpujarras and during the last eight years have spent many enjoyable days in that delightful region.
Recently, I reread "Driving Over Lemons" and still found it a funny, heartwarming book. In fact I enjoyed it more the second time around because I have visited some of the places and seen some of the things described - hillsides covered with olive and almond trees; the Moorish influenced houses that appear to cling precariously to the mountainsides; the acequias designed to bring water from the high Sierra to irrigate the crops and much more!
However, this book isn't your normal travelogue - it is an autobiography of an eternally optimistic Englishman starting a new life in Andalucía. It is a great read that describes both the highs and the lows of starting a new life in Spain. by Robert BovingtonI loved the descriptions
What fun - I love Spain and it is full of crazy people like the Stewarts. by Edmund George Edwards

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