Spanish Lessons: Beginning a New Life in Spain

Every person Lambert and his wife met in Spain somehow managed to be delightfully eccentric; is Spain really like this or does Lambert bring this out in others? No matter. A sparklingly fun read. If I was twenty years younger and single, Spanish Lessons would send me off to join the Lamberts in their new life.

This book is a charming account of what it was like for one foreign couple to move to a small village in Spain in what seems to have been the 1970s. If you enjoyed Peter Mayle's books about moving to France, you will most likely enjoy this one just as much (as I did).

Interesting to read his experiences of his first year living in Spain with his family. The book includes the now expected tales of builders who don't turn up etc that all this genre of book tell, as well as amusing tales of local people. He does tell these stories sympathetically and respectfully and he has the journalists desire to get to the bottom of a story.

Acquired via BookCrossing 21 May 2011 - bought at the Connected charity shop

An interesting book, if the usual British expat settles into a village type of thing. Quietly amusing, and good on the psychology of settling in to a new country.

A comfortable book on life for an Englishman in Spain. Derek Lambert and his wife purchased a house in Spain, and this is a description of their first year there, and the problems of an ex-pat in a foreign land. Not to mention trying to bring an older house up to modern standards, and dealing with the local Spanish bureaucracy and work ethic. A good book for summer reading or for traveling, and for those who have visited or lived in Spain.

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