the athens of bathurst...

the preface: late, late. i am not all that remorseful, however, because we have not been on any outings for quite some time, mostly due to holidays. but we are hopefully getting back into the swing of things starting this afternoon. hence, the reason for this posting (kathryn threatened me again =( ).

the date: 5 june 2006

the time: 4.17pm

the establishment: the acropole rest

the address: 68 william street, bathurst nsw 2795

the coffee: ken and i both noticed what was called 'a pot of coffee' on the menu. i was quite stumped as to what this could be. i dared myself to believe that it would be the equivalent of a pitcher of soft drink (/soda/pop/fizzy drink) at a restaurant, but not for long considering the price. either way, what we received was as follows:

essentially it was flat white coffee in a small pot, which provided two cups worth of caffeine goodness.

the coffee itself is probably some of the best flat white coffee i have ever purchased. a very good economical option for coffee in bathurst.

the price: $3. again, very much worth it.

the sugar:

the company:

trevor and kristine (unfortunately i could be spelling her name wrong, sorry), also known as "the canadians" joined us as part one of a two part series of "making sure we invited people moving ten-thousand miles away" campaign.

the other stuff:

the staff were very kind to us. in fact, they liked us so much the gave us complementary biscotti, and i like biscotti.

the conversation: it was great having "the canadians" along to reminisce about north america (despite the differences between canada and america, where i lived, it is still the next closer thing).

other canadian type things were discussed, including pronunciations of caffeinated beverages.

turns out that kristine worked at a music studio where thousand foot krutch used to record and knows them quite well. for those who don't know, thousand foot krutch is a rapcore/heavy rock Christian band from canada. i mention this because it basically means i am within two degrees of separation from pretty much the entire modern Christian music community. coolness...

very abstract (i.e. not concrete) plans were made about me possibly heading up to niagara falls for new years' when i am in the states for summer holidays to meet up with trevor and kristine, as they will be living there then.

the advertisement:

the summary: as kathryn mentioned, the strange atmosphere created through the combination of neon lights and authentic greek setting is quite strange... especially on rainy cloudy days. not sure why, but anyway... coffee was great, and the only thing better than biscotti with coffee is free biscotti.

a strong contender up against porters for best cafe so far!

the random photos:

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