I decided that it would be worthwhile both for you, my passionate, fanatical readers, and for my own development of my personal history do a deeper dive into exactly why I am waxing so rhapsodic about Campello (I've noticed the locals drop the 'El' when they talk about the town).
I'm going to start with our apartment. Now, to be honest, the quality of this apartment is not a Campello thing. It is a 'this is freaking great short-term rental' thing. BUT, it has a major influence on the quality of our experience here.
Let's start with the fact that there is a lot of seating...A Lot. If you are familiar with the current status of Airbnb/VRBO/and other short-term rentals, you are aware that seating is given a minimal amount of attention and investment, making for stays of any length of time being most uncomfortable. Our place here...
...has a sofa, a couple of chairs, table and chairs, all with a great view. But that's not all!
Turn 180 degrees and you find...
Almost the duplicate! Another table, two more chairs, an honest to God footstool, and another sofa!
This place has all kinds of seating, working, relaxing options.
On to the Kitchen. This is another area where the current status of short-term rentals drives me nuts. You are in an apartment, rather than a hotel, because you want to have a more 'living' type of environment. Yet the vast majority of short-term rentals lack even the minimum necessary to be able to do some cooking.
It is critically important for Wife and my longer term stays that we can do a substantial amount of our own cooking. This apartment in Campello was like finding the Mother Lode!
Pots and pans galore, strainer, A Freaking Pressure Cooker! A Salad Spinner (never saw those two in in short-term rental!)
A microwave, a tea kettle, and a real cutting board!
But there's more!
A coffee maker...with the filters and a supply of coffee!
Knives, utensils, plastic wrap
Salt, pepper, sugar, oil, even toothpicks!
I felt I'd gone to short-term rental kitchen heaven
And I know I gave you these kinds of pictures yesterday, but the overall view and ambiance is to die for.
We conclude with our run to the Carrefours Hypermarket to do our major shopping for the month. (We will fill in with our ability to walk to many markets close by).
1 comment:
I agree, that's an amazingly well provisioned kitchen!
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