June 2012 - All looking good !

We are just back from 10 days in Condado and what a difference from our visit only a few weeks earlier, every time we visit,  we want to return home less and less - the elements of a community are establishing and with that even greater numbers of residents - wish I was there right now !

Eating and Drinking
Always an important part of any holiday for me....in the bad old Polaris days the only option was microwave crunchy "frozen" pasta in the clover, but we now have a multitude of Venues to enjoy !!

Great to see so many signs of retail Life in Al Kasar !

Clover Bar - Now a pleasant place to go where service is excellent and the staff are pleased to see you and serve you, congratulations all the guys there for maintaining such excellent humour and service levels even though they were buried under customers when the excellent 70's rock band was on. My wife and I sat quietly in the corner and drank our way though the cocktail menu, spending our last 5 euros on Tequila slammers.. suffice to say it was not an early day on the beach the morning after. It was also great to meet up with our neighbours Lynne and John, who we had never met,  we also introduced them to the house cocktails - honey rum,  lemon juice and Cinnamon - tastes better than it sounds !

Bulgarian Bistro - Continues to prosper and receive good reviews are and expanding with greater numbers of outside tables for the onset of summer.

Ice Cream Bar - A great new addition to Al Kasar and very popular,  I am sure it will have a great summer with many sticky fingers, mouths and grateful parents.

La Cata - Restaurant - This was opening just as we were leaving so other than saying how great it looked,  no comments on the food or service. I understand that they have a separate deli counter and are also serving chickens off the rotisserie so this will be another popular location.

A few final tweaks before opening night !

  
Bokao - Tapas Bar / Music Venue  - We wandered over the evening after they had opened and the place was eerily quiet, while the clover across the way was jumping, a very different vibe, but wonderful coffee and charming staff,  they were still stocking up the bar and couldn't find me any brandy but brought out a number of local alternatives that they generously poured for us.

Saturday Market - As the Saturday afternoon drew on and our departure back to the cold UK loomed ever closer, the space outside Al Kasar remained worryingly empty.  I wasn't sure what to expect but suddenly an army of traders appeared and the car park was buried by all sorts of merchandise. I wish we had been staying to stock up on soft fruit and Spanish ham and - it was a great opportunity for those of us who always harbour grand plans to go out and explore locally but just end up enjoying the peace, quiet and sunshine and of course all the new amenities !!
 

Inaugural 2012 Condado Market

This place in the sun just get's better and better !!!