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Post by daveandgill on Jul 11, 2017 13:25:33 GMT
The studios are at the far east of the town, on higher ground (a few steps further up than the "Captain's house").
There are four studios, but only the bottom floor two were let out to Olympic holidays on our last visit (end June 2017). The two on the upper floor appeared to be unused, although the family that owns them used the washing lines to dry clothes.
The two studios have twin single beds at floor level, a small kitchen area with fridge, twin ring hob and kettle. The kitchen was simply equipped, no microwave, cooker or coffee maker (or kitchen sink plug). Ours had a range of cooking pans, crockery and cutlery that suited our needs (we only made breakfast there). Something we've seen in other Greek accommodations is the fully boxed in fridge. As the heat exchanger at the back cannot cool efficiently, it tends to run for longer. The fridge upstairs bubbled and gurgled frequently. There was a pedestal fan in the room, which was very welcome during the warmest nights we had.
The windows in the studio have no part open (ventilation) setting. Leaving them closed caused the room to stay warm and leaving them open could easily allow them to bang in the wind, possibly causing damage and waking us. No fly screens are fitted to the windows, but they do have external shutters (also noisy in the wind unless closed).
Our room was serviced on Tuesdays and Saturdays (the changeover days), we found it necessary to take our rubbish out to the bins more often than this. There are several sets of bins around Emborio for recycling items, so this seems to be encouraged.
The shower room/toilet was fairly typical for Greece, it had a shower curtain, but the floor outside of the shower could easily get very wet during a shower. There was nowhere to hook the shower head above the taps and similarly, no soap tray. Showering required a special strategy, but otherwise worked well.
A small veranda at the front allowed a nice partial view of the harbour and in the morning, when the sun was strong and hot there, we moved the table into the shade at the rear for breakfast. The rear of the property looks out over the scrubland up the hill. Sometimes a goat was kept there, but the most interesting things were the chickens and the odd dumped household items/building materials. The Greeks, it seems, could teach us a thing or two about fly-tipping.
Being positioned next door to the owners as they went about their daily business (with a young child) gives an insight into the life of the islanders, but can be a pain.
The family did not hold back on noisy discussions and the child was not always happy. A chicken coup only a few yards from the back door allowed us (every night) to appreciate that cockerels can start their "cock-a-doodle-dooing" hours before dawn.
We thought that the studio worked well and met our needs (but could do with better ventilation). Regrettably, the persistent (and fairly inexcusable) disturbances we experienced on this visit would stop us from using this property again.
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Post by tillyboo on Jul 13, 2017 9:57:29 GMT
Hi Dave & Gill, we were your neighbours at Kalipoli last week!!
Hope you had a good journey home, nice to have met you. We came home yesterday & have fell in love with Halki!!
Now trying to settle back to "life"!!
Take care, Teresa & Scooby
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Post by daveandgill on Jul 13, 2017 13:08:20 GMT
Hi Teresa and Scooby, we're pleased that you enjoyed Halki....despite our shared cockerel and the Raki/Ouzo/Retsina/Mythos fog.
Hope you avoided copious amounts of complimentary (or even bought) alcohol on the last night so missing a fun hung-over boat trip to Kamiros.
Best regards, Dave & Gill.
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Post by tillyboo on Jul 13, 2017 13:43:25 GMT
Ha ha ha!! We gave up the raki, eventually!! But sampled the ouzo at pomadoras beach instead! We were very sensible for kamira, both home early the night before, but really enjoyed the journey back, surprisingly, the ferry & stop off in Rhodes. We didnt stay at the hotel but had a walkabout & found Bellisimo taverna on the beach.
But back to reality now!
The cockerall ended up losing its voice, we also had a visitor one night in the shape of, we think, a dragon fly huge flapping wings & a cricket!! So after that I closed the back door at night!
Take care & we might bump into you again one day!
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