bbq: I'm going camping in Southern France and Northern Spain next month and I'll be taking a portable BBQ. In the UK I know I can get BBQ charcoal from almost all garages and supermarkets. However, I'm not sure how keen our Eurpoean cousins are on BBQ cooking so I'm wondering if it will be as easy over there. Any thoughts? Thanks!|||You can find it in almost all supermarkets around Europe, and groceries in small villages (Specifically in South France, Italy, Spain, where nice weather invites for BBQ with friends)|||Its available in the same outlets as the uk. Personally i wouldnt bother taking a portable one they sell either disposable ones here or you can but a portable one here. Mast service stations sell charcole/fuel. Pleas remember that Spain especially the countryside is very dry so take care when you finish your cooking to avoid fires ...thanks|||You'll be amazed really. They recently installed electricity and running water in continental Europe too. But just to be sure you had better take the charcoal, food and booze with you as well as the barbeque. The only meat widely available in France and Spain is Yak. And they don't use tables or chairs there either so take those too. And English mustard.|||Yes. If you look at the small print, you'll probably find that the charcoal you buy in the UK originated in Continental Europe. We may not be British, but we still have BBQs. Available in Supermarkets, filling stations and at the Campsite shop. We're really quite civilised here in Europe.