The weather was awful but Lisl's hospitality was out of this world. We spent a very enjoyable afternoon and evening with her around the fire - arrived as paying guests, left feeling like true friends after covering every topic of conversation imaginable. Her three cats - two beautiful Burmese and a distinguished tabby - were delightful. Lisl also showed us her lovely garden with fruit trees, flowering shrubs and natives where it backs onto the estuary near the mouth of the Maraetotara River. This is a magic place which we will certainly return to.