10 Dec
It was good old Toby, THE man in Havana, who told me about this place and a “unique feature” it has ( if there is no black-out …. ). Hard to find as it is tugged inside a little alley and not visible from the street. It took us half an hour of searching even Read more…
8 Dec
During this trip, I had the chance to re-visit the El Laguito Cohiba factory and see for myself the extensive & excellent renovation work done on the “Vatican” of the Cuban cigar industry. I had not been to El Laguito for a short while and there is a pleasant change of pace in the formerly Read more…
7 Dec
Just back from another interesting trip to Cuba. Very happy to meet old friends and make new ones, to smoke great cigars and share them with good people, to assist good friends in their travel plans and have a good trip myself. I wish all the friends who wrote to me saying how fortunate I Read more…
18 Oct
I had just unpacked from my Spain trip when I packed again for a Belgium/Netherlands trip … Christian’s 50th birthday dinner was to be celebrated and he had kindly invited me to attend alongside a group of his closest friends – a very kind gesture that I appreciated coming from such a warm-hearted person. It Read more…
12 Oct
I had been in contact with Iñigo for some years now but we had never met in person, so visiting Spain, I decided to travel up to Bilbao and meet this very likeable man and tobacconist. Another reason for my visit was to re-visit the city near Bilbao where I had lived and went to Read more…
11 Oct
Well, actually it was just Madrid with a mad dash in-between down the Motorway 1.000 km to the Med and back next day. I landed in a very hot and sunny Madrid and after a few beers and cigars with my uncle and a good home cooked dinner by my aunt and some sleep, it Read more…
23 Sep
The last three days of our visit were quiet and relaxed, we missed J & T but we did a “copy ‘n paste” of last year’s trip experiences. We would have late breakfast, go to TST for iced tea and cigars at the Sheraton LCDH, have a good foot massage and do the tourist stuff Read more…
