Lewisham Hotel

The end of my tram journey brought me to Parramatta Road and I knew that there would be a few pubs along here that I could explore. The first one, this one, I must admit was by far the best. They have three outdoor areas (though one of them is full of pokies, something that I find difficult to accept here because everywhere else I go seems to want to prevent people smoking and playing the pokies at the same time). What I admired the most was how friendly the staff were. I had a good old chat with the bartender about what constitutes the perfect head on a beer (regurgitating what I had learnt at the Heineken Brewery in Amsterdam), and then when the poker guys appeared, I had another great conversation with one of them about the city (since we have both moved from a place with a small town mentality to a place where we can remain anonymous if we choose to).