Our first morning in the stone-basement airbnb studio of the iconic patrician house in Queenscliff. Next, few steps down private stairs for a morning swim in Manly Beach. A dip in the surf, what a perfect way to start a new day. When I walk back over the cliff towards our studio I get a flashback from few years before: walking up the hill towards emperor Tiberius´s palace in Capri (sorry Michael, when I told this to you I said emperor Hadrianus´s but it was Tiberius who built his den to Capri :) Yes, at Michael’s studio you not only get next to Manly beach and you not only are well and warmly looked after. You feel you´re a plebeian in a patrician house. You step both into history of Manly and into contemporary Manly life. You get a lot more than just good accommodation and value for money. Cheers, Michael :)