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Even More Ketchup Than Salsa: The Final Dollop
Even More Ketchup Than Salsa: The Final Dollop | Joe Cawley
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Sequel to the award-winning More Ketchup than Salsa: Confessions of a Tenerife Barman"A must-read reality check for anybody who has ever pondered a move to sunnier climes."If the first six months of running the Smugglers Tavern had been a baptism of fire, the subsequent years were about as much fun as bobbing for apples in a vat of acid.Having swapped the tin roof of a cold British fish market for the sunny skies of a Spanish holiday island, Joe and Joy succeeded in thwarting the first wave of attacks from bungling bureaucrats, bewildered holidaymakers and their own spectacular ineptitude. What they didn't realise was that their enemies were regrouping. Not only that, but those enemies had made camp a lot closer to home, enemies that would make their encounters with the exploding gas bottles, East European squatters and big-time Charlies featured in the first book, More Ketchup than Salsa, seem like chapters from Enid Blyton.The trials and tribulations of attempting to make a better life abroad continue... with disastrous consequences.
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Ncostell
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I needed a quick palate cleanser to start off 2022 and picked up this continuation of Joe Cawley‘s memoir of running a bar and grill in the vacation town of Tenerife in the Canary Islands. It sounds great at first but the pressure mixed with tedium of the business catches up with him after awhile. It was still fun to live vicariously through this book for anyone who dreams of ditching their day to day job and moving to “paradise” to start over.

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Bookwormjillk
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I downloaded this as part of a late night search for a free travel memoir for the kindle app on my phone. So far so good!