The scenery alone is a reason to watch this. A good deal of the series was in fact filmed there on the beautiful Greek Island. I found it sometimes funny, sometimes sad, sometimes dysfunctional. I wanted the Mother to knock some sense into her very self absorbed kids......but, I did not know while watching, this was in fact based on a series of books (My Family and Other Animals, Birds Beats & Relatives, and The Garden of the Gods by Gerald Durrell. This series is based on a real family who did indeed live on the island for 4 years. The island had no electricity. They left the island due to troubles when the war broke out. I learned a bit more about the real family, but won't spoil it by saying more.
Watch the series, or read the books and then watch. Gerry, whom I did not like at all in the series, became a well known naturalist and zoologists. So, I guess he eventually grew up...and maybe took a bath.
Progress on the foot went backward for about 2 wks, but I believe we're on the upswing again.
Continuing to work on finding lost classmates for my 50th class reunion.
