September 08 – 19, 2012
One of the first things we wanted to do here in Apia, Samoa was revisit Aggie Grey’s, the famous historic hotel that’s just down the street from the marina. We stayed here during our honeymoon 23 years ago and were anxious to see it again.
While the hotel had been modernized in some ways, we were relieved to see it hadn’t changed too much. There was one change we liked: at the front of the hotel they had put a little coffee house where you could enjoy coffee drinks, sandwiches, and help yourself to their collection of magazines.
As it turned out, we probably visited that coffee house every afternoon. It wasn’t because the cappuccinos were that good (although they were fine); it was because it was magically cool. Well, not actually cool, more like less hot. It didn’t have air conditioning, but the ceiling fans, shade trees outside, and a slight breeze off the bay outside seemed to keep it almost comfortable. We would stop on our way back from town, have a large cold water or a coffee drink, hang out a long enough to recover from impending heat stroke, then make the short walk to the marina. -Cyndi
