The view of the room is so beautiful especially in this winter season, you don't have much to do, laying in the balcony is a good choice. We didn't meet John either, his housekeeper welcomed us, I would recommend guest who arrive late to first go pickup some food from supermarket, cause everything around pretty much close super early. Otherwise you end up like us, no eating till the next day... The hot water is fluent and the kitchen is a plus good. The only big problem we had was the newly painting smell of the bathroom.. Actually we planned to try have a baby but could not because the formaldehyde smell was so strong.. Overall it's a very nice place to stay if they didn't do the painting!