BBQing in the rain!

Again this weekend I was reminded that in Holland you cannot plan a BBQ in advance. Yet we did so; we invited friends and family over for my boyfriend's and his brother's birthdays. We had been checking the weather forecasts for a week, worrying well in advance that there was not even a hint of sun forecast for last weekend.

We were positive about it and decided to put a cover up in the garden to hold away any rain. Saturday morning we tried to put this cover up but it was impossible to hold still. The wind was just pulling on the material as if it was a boat's sail. After a few trials we gave up and just covered the BBQ area. By this time the grey skies had started pouring down with buckets of water. The boys were completely soaked. I was at the time watching securely from the dry inside. It was decided that the birthday boys were going to do the cooking outside, while everyone enjoys the party from the inside.

The BBQ was in the end a great success. The masses were fed and everyone seemed happy. It's sad that every weekend seems to bring along bad weather, however this will not stop us from enjoying our summer!

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Rain rain go away

On this first day of summer I cannot but not pray to the God of the sun to start doing some work and show us what summer is all about. Each morning I check the weather in 2 places, in the Netherlands and in Malta. This lately is quite frustrating since it seems that in the north of Europe the sun doesn't want to show itself, while in my motherland the forecast always includes a very bright sun!

So here I am dancing the sun song and praying to the gods to fix this problem! We surely deserve to spend some time at the beach or bbq'ing in the garden.

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