The one-week-stay at Judy's house was a good beginning for our New Zealand journey. The rooms were pleasant and quiet, Judy gave us some good advice and the breakfast was nice too, even for a Germans standard ;-) Nick showed us some places in Downtown and took us to the opening night of "The Hobbit: Smaugs Desolation." The suburb -Westmere- is quite a nice location as well, there are some shops and cafés just on the other side of the road. All in all a pleasant stay, thanks!