A few weekends ago, we booked a BBQ “pit” here in the condo's garden, to have lunch with the Carr family (the family that we met them on the Ducktour). What a great arrangement! The pit is a brick built BBQ, surrounded by acres of granite-topped serving and cooking areas (much bigger than our actual kitchen worksurface) a sink and mains power. You book it together with the required number of tables and chairs and then simply turn up with your coals, lighters and food.
We chopped, marinaded and threaded skewers of chicken, fish and vegetables and then took them, salads and drinks down the 25 floors in our fab new super-de-luxe “oldies” shopping trolley. Oh yes! We know how to live! (Actually, it is invaluable for doing the local shopping as we have no car and carrying anything any distance in this heat is not a lot of fun.)
We had our first decent BBQ result ever, thank goodness (but had it been one of our usual failures, there is always the electrical point so, we could have taken the microwave down and plugged it in!). Then, when done, we clear our stuff up, throw away our rubbish and walk away. The condo staff then come round and clean up the actual BBQ, grill and work surfaces. How good is that!
The kids all swam and played on the climbing frame while they waited. The BBQs are right by the jacuzzi, swimming pool and kids playground. Fantastic! A great recipe for a successful afternoon.
This is such a good arrangement that we did another a couple of weeks later and have yet another planned for this coming weekend. However, as I am type this, it is raining. This plan is great if it's dry, but there is always a danger that two families and whole lot of kebabs will find themselves dashing back inside to our small apartment where, of course, there is no pool, jacuzzi or climbing frame.....
However, weather permitting, there are some things that we'll really miss when we finally leave here!
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