{"id":580,"date":"2002-06-10T08:37:12","date_gmt":"2002-06-10T08:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/hip-guide-to-spain\/books-about-spain\/driving-over-lemons-an-optimist-in-spain\/"},"modified":"2002-06-10T08:37:12","modified_gmt":"2002-06-10T08:37:12","slug":"driving-over-lemons-an-optimist-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/hip-guide-to-spain\/books-about-spain\/driving-over-lemons-an-optimist-in-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Driving over Lemons: An Optimist in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0375709150\/hippylandhippiem\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2002\/06\/lemons.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" width=\"150\" height=\"233\" \/><strong>Driving over Lemons: An Optimist in Spain<\/strong><\/a> by Chris Stewart Chris Stewart was once the drummer for Genesis, and this is the story of how he purchased a farm house in Andalucia, without electricity, running water, or even a road. It&#8217;s a very well-written, funny tale of expat life, filled with all sorts of cultural problems, and interesting people. This book is a top ten hit in the UK, as I&#8217;m sure many there can relate to trying to relocate in Spain. Great holiday reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Driving over Lemons: An Optimist in Spain by Chris Stewart Chris Stewart was once the drummer for Genesis, and this is the story of how he purchased a farm house in Andalucia, without electricity, running water, or even a road. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/hip-guide-to-spain\/books-about-spain\/driving-over-lemons-an-optimist-in-spain\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}