Spanish Lessons is Derek Lambert`s brilliant & humorous evocation of the culture & lifestyle of Spain & its people, in which he experiences the rewards & frustrations of being a stranger in a strange l&. After a long career as a globe-trotting journalist, Derek Lambert decided to settle with his wife & young son among the citrus groves of the Spanish countryside. A mouldering white casita near a quaint village on Spain`s Mediterranean Costa Blanca becomes his new home. As he sets about restoring his house & learning to live the life of a Spanish villager, Lambert introduces us to a Spain far removed from the matador, tapas bars & sangria swillers. In the shrewd, comical spirit of Peter Mayle & Bill Bryson, he uncovers the ”real” Spain
- a nation of passionate, eccentric, often contradictory but always enchanting people
- as he adapts to his new found home.