southern castles and a mobile shepherd

Kamilari/Shivas

Monday 1

A dream cottage! - 2

Ulla doesn't know how much to ask for, asks me what I was thinking of paying, when I say 5000:.-, she says it's normally 7000:- and how about 6000:- since it's only one night, she can do 5000:- if it's several nights, because of the washing ... She takes a long time to get the room ready, while all I want is a quick fix and her to show me the way to the next village where the taverna is, but somehow during the 15 minutes conversation something happens, and in the end she only wants 5000:- anyway ...

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Even more remarkable is that, as a response to my leaving her a note next morning, expressing my appreciation of what she'd done for me and asking her to send her address if she'd like me to tell my friends, she not only did that, but also sent a Christmas card :-) ...

So if you're going to Crete, here are the details:

Ulla & Jannis Nikolidakis

70 200 Kamilari - Crete, Greece

Tel: 0892 - 42 178