6 Oct
The yearly madness is a one week-end yearly holiday ritual for Jos driving the vintage VW bus and having a good time with Frank and me. The bus arrived in front of my village Café with 4 hrs of driving already on them from Belgium. We had a bite to eat, a coffee and a Read more…
2 Oct
It was good to get out of Havana, the heat, the humidity, the masses and the putrid smell of a pony-tailed cigarette chain-smoking fuked-up Obra Completa faked-up “expert” box code YYZ HDP ( now that is for educated cigar smokers to decipher … 😉 The wind was rushing and I was chatting – so I Read more…
27 Sep
Next time I hear the pope is visiting Havana I will cancel my trip there. Too many places were closed due to his visit, like my favourite night-spot Espacios and many others, and we are talking closed for a week, not just for the 2 days the pope spent in Havana. Even the fishermen could Read more…
1 Sep
Today it is 6 years that I retired from my job at Lufthansa after almost 7.000 flights and 35 years of having a great time flying around the world. I celebrate this day remembering an excellent time, great crews I worked with, fantastic destinations and fun layover days with a first class airline I am Read more…
30 Aug
Here is a very well written review of the newly released Partagas Maduro No 1 with excellent pictures courtesy of my friend Michel van Wingerden – Thanks ! ——— My friend Carlito De asked me to review the Partagas Maduro No.1 and the RyJ Cedros de Luxe before their official launch in The Benelux. Of Read more…
24 Aug
A week after having the Dutch and the Belgians here at the pharmacy I was on the road again to Belgium on a cigar mission. It was 800 km in 3 days and I decided to take it easy by driving on Friday to Tielt and stay over night there at Silentium B&B. The driving Read more…
17 Aug
It’s summer, it’s August and Andreas has pharmacy night duty on a Friday …. that is the simple recipe for a great cigar week-end with friends arriving from all over to gather in the lab, the garden, the pub and enjoy the camaraderie and the sharing of fun, conversations and great cigars. First to arrive Read more…
