My stay at JJ’s place was my first airbnb experience and it turned out to be better than perfect in all respects. Before the actual visit we already had a lot of contact via email in order to arrange the checkin among other things. It became clear very soon that JJ did everything possible to provide a perfect home base for realizing my plans for the four-day visit, namely doing a number of extended cycling trips in and around Melbourne. For that I had rented a race bike and it could also stay in the apartment, resp. on the balcony, where it was at a safe place. Both hosts made me feel very, very welcome in their home. On the first night, after returning form a hard ride, that in the end made me quite cold and soaking wet in the rain, I still had to return to my previous hotel to pick up my bags. Instead of having to walk through the rain again to the tram JJ gave me a ride in his car, and after returning with my bags I was even (and completely unexpectedly) treated with a hearty pasta meal! Then JJ, being an avid cyclist himself, provided lots of hints about where to go and at the end even invited me to join him on his Saturday morning ride along the beach road. We set out together before sunrise, rode for about hour along with hundreds of others until we stopped at a cafe and he had to return home while I continued on. What an incredible experience this was for four days in Melbourne! Also, just for the record, the bedroom, the private bath, the breakfasts with fresh fruits, coffee and tea were 100% perfect in all respects. I thank both JJ and Shiralee for their great hospitality. Unfortunately, being so far away in Europe, the chances of a second visit are rather slim.