26 Aug
Frank and I like to keep our promises. Last year in Hong Kong, our generous host Min Ron Nee was so gracious as to present us with a Magnum of 1996 Dom Ruinart and threw in some Monte A sticks from the early 80’s that we had been smoking with him at Cigar Divan. Frank Read more…
25 Aug
After a morning cigar I left Sittard with Jan and we headed for nearby Maastricht, a city I had not visited but where Reza has opened one of the most elegant and spectacular LCDH in Europe. It was not even 10 a.m. and the sun was beating down at 30 C. I liked Maastricht immediately Read more…
25 Aug
I left home early morning at 17 C and rain for a short trip to the Netherlands and Belgium to smoke with my friends. Soon the clouds broke and it became warmer and warmer. Arriving in Sittard it was 26 C and the sun was out in full force. A Robusto in Jan’s patio before Read more…
17 Aug
Not much to be told about the last day, Sunday. We arrived at the Mommenheim golf course early and enjoyed a great and long brunch on a once again very hot and sunny day overlooking the fairways. Cigars were again fantastic but the most fantastic and important thing was that Thomas was able to go Read more…
16 Aug
We met at my local Cafe for a long breakfast and good cigars before hitting the Autobahn for a fast & furious drive to Saarbrücken and a visit to good old and generous Salih at his LCDH there. Sunny, hot and nice half Saturday in Saarbrücken. So hot we only took a short walk around Read more…
15 Aug
A picture is worth a thousand words so I guess I have around 80.000 words worth in pictures in the following three posts of this year’s pharmacy cigar meeting. What can I say after more than 10 years of celebrating the ANS or pharmacy cigar event that goes ballistic in the summer ?? This year Read more…
25 Jun
Another great culinary discovery and my last post on this trip. Jaime and Tina, my Chinese friends wanted a good Pizza for dinner and I knew Walter had left La Carboncita earlier for a new restaurant so there were not many choices – I decide to call Toby, the man who knows the best places Read more…
