Archive | April, 2014

Personal Message

10 Apr

  I had planned to quit blogging last year when this blog marked its tenth anniversary. What better point in time than ten years of blogging. Alas, I kept on due to my Havana trips and the upcoming II MRN Edition … but the realization that after 10 years it has all become repetitive kept Read more…

MRN Second Edition – Exclusive Pictures And Final Information

5 Apr

  I have been involved in the making of and posting about the upcoming II Edition of the “Cigar Bible” for many years now due to my friendship with the Hong Kong author and collector. So I’d like to post very exclusive photographs and information on the finished oeuvre, courtesy of and with full approval Read more…

Havana – Hole In The Wall 6 – El Rejoneo

5 Apr

  Interestingly enough, this place has been featured in a highly readable news feature on the embargo and Cuban economics on Al Jazeera, as I found out : He spoke while dining at Rejoneo Asador in the capital’s upscale Miramar neighborhood, an establishment that seems to illustrate his point. The restaurant, which serves mammoth portions Read more…

Havana with R & M – Part Two

5 Apr

  The days in Havana were filled with leisurely breakfast’s in the patio, a cigar and playing the day by ear. They spent half a day in Cojimar on Hemingway’s trail. Of course I took them to my favourite eating places like El Chanchullero, El Templete, Starbien for the best Masas de Cerdo ( which Read more…

Havana with R & M – Part One

5 Apr

  Rainer & Marled are friends from my village in Germany. Rainer, a retired plumber smokes with us at the pharmacy and Marled takes cooking classes with my wife. Both have a passion to travel, a love that became fulfilled when they left East Germany right after the crumbling of the Berlin wall. Being surrounded Read more…

XVI Festival Del Habano – Welcome Night And Gala Dinner

5 Apr

  Here’s the view on official events from two members of the Portmann group, Horst and Christof. Both of them very professional photographers and always good for a laugh and any fun event. It is thanks to them that I have a good pictorial archive of the trip and all the official events that they Read more…

Cuba 2014 – A Picture Gallery by Horst And Christof – Part Two

4 Apr

  Here’s the view on things, events and excursions from two of the members of the Portmann group with us on our last trip. Both of them very professional photographers and always good for a laugh and any fun event. It is thanks to them that I have a good pictorial archive of the trip Read more…