We are the proud owners of a gazebo in our back yard. First week when we arrived here in Doha we saw one at the Carrefour (big supermarket where they also sell non food). But we didn’t buy it right away, and of course the next week it was gone. People told us it was a summer item, and it wouldn’t come in again till next summer. There is only one store in whole Doha that sells outdoor furniture, and even to find out about that store took ages because almost nobody knows it exists. Anyhow, we went there two times and both times it was closed. Through the windows we could see gazebo’s and very nice furniture. We asked the neighboring shops, but they couldn’t give us information, tried the phone nrs on the window (wrong nr), found eventually the website, tried to email (bounced back) and tried more phone nrs…
But luckily, Carrefour has gazebo’s again in autumn! So yesterday we started assembling, and when we were almost finished we found out we made a mistake and had to undo everything and start all over. Turned out it was not symmetrical after all. The Chinese manual didn’t point that out…
Today we disassembled and assembled it again (great family project).
So now we can sit outside in the evenings. At daytime it is still 33-35 C ( 91-95 F), humidity up to 85%. Yes, a lot of drinking water to make up for all the sweating. But the evenings are nice, and we hope there will not be too many flies so we can bring the laptop outside and enjoy.
