{"id":4485,"date":"2017-06-11T06:30:32","date_gmt":"2017-06-10T22:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/?p=4485"},"modified":"2017-06-10T21:53:08","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T13:53:08","slug":"sheer-pleasure-of-the-morning-coffee-quest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/11\/sheer-pleasure-of-the-morning-coffee-quest\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheer pleasure of the morning coffee quest."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing competes with this experience.<\/p>\n<p>Morning. Wake up. The whole WORLD is out there.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4486\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/coffeekombi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/coffeekombi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/librariansmatter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/coffeekombi-300x257.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dress without eating or showering and go on morning walk for 15 minutes. Find the best coffee shop around, the one that the locals use.<\/p>\n<p>If I&#8217;m travelling, I will have done some actual research the night before to choose the best one, and the route that will take me there. If for some reason I have not chosen accommodation in the busy centre of where I need to be &#8211; which is unusual because I weigh up my time against my dollars and try to stay within walking distance of the most interesting part to maximise exploration time &#8211; then I will have mapped out a route to find the best coffee shop on the way to where I am going.<\/p>\n<p>Order a big, double-shot milky coffee. Smile with the barista. Watch the customers while I wait. Does she come here every morning? Are THEY just passing through, like me? Is he lingering to wait for someone, or to avoid someone elsewhere ?<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes I stay and drink the coffee there, reading the local paper. More often than not, however, I drink it on the rest of the morning walk. I feel a bit more like I am &#8220;of&#8221; the place I am at, even if I am not &#8220;from&#8221; there.<\/p>\n<p>Return to where I am staying. Shower, dress, get into the day &#8230; but already feel in touch, connected, like some of my day is my own and I have greeted the world already.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing competes with this experience. Morning. Wake up. The whole WORLD is out there. &nbsp; Dress without eating or showering and go on morning walk for 15 minutes. Find the best coffee shop around, the one that the locals use. 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