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Tomato, Fig & Pumpkin Jelly (Writing Home Book 2)

Lisa Rose Wright

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Description:“D’you think we should just get married then?” asked S, apropos of nothing, over the breakfast table one morning.For two people struggling to understand a foreign language in a remote part of Northwest Spain, Lisa and her partner, the enigmatic S, are not making life easy for themselves.With a partly renovated but still mainly derelict house, an allotment which is proving too big to handle and some very bad experiences with Spanish paperwork to look back on the last thing they need is to try and negotiate their way around a Spanish wedding – isn’t it?Have you ever wanted to leave the rat race, move abroad and live the good life somewhere green and bountiful?In 2007 Lisa and S left their jobs as newt catchers, and their native English shores, for beautiful green Galicia, in the remote northwest of Spain – a place of mystery and mists, Celtic legends and bagpipes, and a language of its very own. There, they set to work self-renovating a derelict farmhouse whilst trying to become self-sufficient and learn more about this untamed part of the Iberian peninsula.“We first saw A Casa do Campo on a rainswept November morning. Mists were rising and water dripped onto the rusted kitchen range from gaping holes in the roof. There were birds’ nests in the bedrooms and bats in the hallway. Bare, dead-looking trees surrounded the property which the Spanish estate agent enthusiastically promised us would be laden with fruit come August. It was love at first sight.”Plum, Courgette & Green Bean Tart told the story of that first 12 months living la vida dulce, The Good Life, in this beautiful green part of mainland Spain, Galicia or Galiza in its own language. Now a year has passed since the events in Plum. Lisa and S have started to create a real home for themselves in this wild land. They have forged friendships and battled bureaucracy (and won… mainly). A Casa do Campo is no longer quite the bat-infested ruin it was. They even have hot running water (gasp in astonishment please), but do they have windows? And whose idea is it to try and arrange a marriage in Galicia?This fly on the wall account once more uses genuine letters home and diary entries to tell a true story: a story of more battles with Spanish bureaucracy and of travels around this most beautiful of areas. It tells of continuing struggles with self-renovating a stone ruin, defeating would be chicken assassins and the erratic Galician weather. Oh, and of getting married… maybe!Tomato, Fig & Pumpkin Jelly, Book Two of the ‘writing home’ series, has an immediacy which has you falling under its spell. Twelve more chapters tell a story of twelve more months, of four more seasons, of another whole year to write home about. There are more genuine Galician recipes including a tomato, fig & pumpkin jelly to make (that was a tricky one!), and a free photo album to follow as the story unfolds. The interwoven information and anecdotes about Galicia are told by someone who has truly fallen in love with this little-known and timeless green region with its gentle people and erratic weather, ensuring this will truly be a book to write home about too.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Tomato, Fig & Pumpkin Jelly (Writing Home Book 2). To get started finding Tomato, Fig & Pumpkin Jelly (Writing Home Book 2), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 303

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: independently published

Release: 2021

ISBN

Description: “D’you think we should just get married then?” asked S, apropos of nothing, over the breakfast table one morning.For two people struggling to understand a foreign language in a remote part of Northwest Spain, Lisa and her partner, the enigmatic S, are not making life easy for themselves.With a partly renovated but still mainly derelict house, an allotment which is proving too big to handle and some very bad experiences with Spanish paperwork to look back on the last thing they need is to try and negotiate their way around a Spanish wedding – isn’t it?Have you ever wanted to leave the rat race, move abroad and live the good life somewhere green and bountiful?In 2007 Lisa and S left their jobs as newt catchers, and their native English shores, for beautiful green Galicia, in the remote northwest of Spain – a place of mystery and mists, Celtic legends and bagpipes, and a language of its very own. There, they set to work self-renovating a derelict farmhouse whilst trying to become self-sufficient and learn more about this untamed part of the Iberian peninsula.“We first saw A Casa do Campo on a rainswept November morning. Mists were rising and water dripped onto the rusted kitchen range from gaping holes in the roof. There were birds’ nests in the bedrooms and bats in the hallway. Bare, dead-looking trees surrounded the property which the Spanish estate agent enthusiastically promised us would be laden with fruit come August. It was love at first sight.”Plum, Courgette & Green Bean Tart told the story of that first 12 months living la vida dulce, The Good Life, in this beautiful green part of mainland Spain, Galicia or Galiza in its own language. Now a year has passed since the events in Plum. Lisa and S have started to create a real home for themselves in this wild land. They have forged friendships and battled bureaucracy (and won… mainly). A Casa do Campo is no longer quite the bat-infested ruin it was. They even have hot running water (gasp in astonishment please), but do they have windows? And whose idea is it to try and arrange a marriage in Galicia?This fly on the wall account once more uses genuine letters home and diary entries to tell a true story: a story of more battles with Spanish bureaucracy and of travels around this most beautiful of areas. It tells of continuing struggles with self-renovating a stone ruin, defeating would be chicken assassins and the erratic Galician weather. Oh, and of getting married… maybe!Tomato, Fig & Pumpkin Jelly, Book Two of the ‘writing home’ series, has an immediacy which has you falling under its spell. Twelve more chapters tell a story of twelve more months, of four more seasons, of another whole year to write home about. There are more genuine Galician recipes including a tomato, fig & pumpkin jelly to make (that was a tricky one!), and a free photo album to follow as the story unfolds. The interwoven information and anecdotes about Galicia are told by someone who has truly fallen in love with this little-known and timeless green region with its gentle people and erratic weather, ensuring this will truly be a book to write home about too.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Tomato, Fig & Pumpkin Jelly (Writing Home Book 2). To get started finding Tomato, Fig & Pumpkin Jelly (Writing Home Book 2), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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