[Idyllchat] Nafplio lodging question (bells)

[Jay Cloidt]

On our last Untour to Switzerland, I was up everyday by 6:00 AM, so 7:00 AM
bells wouldn't have bothered me. We were up early to get everyone through
the shower and to eat breakfast before starting our day.

When we were in Locarno, we stayed in the Motta apartments. My sister-in-law
was in #19, and she said, if the skylight was open, she could hear the bells
from the church a block or two away very clearly. We were in a lower
apartment (#8 I think), and didn't hear a thing.

On Jan 31, 2008 10:01 AM, Brian Taussig-Lux <bt at untours.com> wrote:

>  There is no way to sleep through the bells of St. George when they ring
> at 7:00 a.m. on Sundays and holidays, at least if you're staying in one of
> the Dmitris or in the Poppy apartment on the square across from the church.
> It doesn't take much concentration to summon the interval and tempo from my
> memory.  As I recall, the notes are something like GGGE GGGE GGGE over and
> over again at a tempo way too fast to be controlled by a bearded orthodox
> priest tugging on a rope.  (No twelve-tone scale here.)  I think they went
> on for five minutes or so, but I wasn't timing them.
>
> The good news is, I always got an early start on Sundays and I got to
> watch the churchgoers arrive while sipping coffee on my balcony.  Once the
> service starts, the sound of the a cappella church choir drifting across the
> square more than made up for the rude awakening.  Personally, I would go out
> of my way to stay in a location like this, in spite of, or rather, because
> of the church bells!  Who needs to sleep late on Sunday morning anyway?
>
> Brian
>
> At 01:36 AM 1/31/2008, you wrote:
>
> Sounds like Schoenberg on bells.
>
> Jerry
>
> At 09:36 PM 1/30/2008, Powen Shiah wrote:
>
> >I remember someone telling me about how they didn't mind the bells, but
> that they were possibly the most "unmusical" church bells.  Whatever that
> means.
> >
> >--Powen
>
>
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