When we arrived at Belinda and Brian's house, a tropical storm had just arrived, too! We were quite afraid of that storm as it was really heavy. Belinda and Brian however made us feel highly welcome and we did not worry anymore, we were cooking together and had a great evening, even though the wind was continuously strong and loud. It was so great cooking together and eating in their home, talking about many different things and drinking wine... we have also learned a lot about New Zealand and got many questions answered of things which we had noticed during our trip.
The room is very nice and exactly as advertised with a really great view, if there is no storm ;-) - which there usually isn't of course.
We would love to come back one day, if it just wasn't so terribly far away!