Flying Cigar – A Cigar Travel Blog

Yesterday on a German Autobahn on the ride back from our Portmann cigar week-end in Switzerland. Two identical black camouflaged monsters followed by a support car were test driving on a no speed limit stretch of black top. They passed us, we passed them ( driving an AMG Mercedes ), they passed us again and Read more…

  Danke an Urs, Thomas und Marc Portmann sowie an Wolfgang G. und allen Freunden der Portmann Havanna Zigarrengruppe für die exzellente Gastfreundschaft bei der “Portmann Havana Reunion” in St. Gallen am 27.09.2013. Es war ein fantastischer Abend !! The most sincere appreciation to Messrs. Urs, Thomas and Marc Portmann, to Wolfgang G. and all Read more…

  My overnight bag is packed. We, Frank, Jos and I are off to Switzerland tomorrow for a reunion with our friend Wolfgang who shared the Festival in Havana this year with the Portmann group and a visit to our friend Mr Portmann and his sons. Dinner will be a classy affair in St. Gallen Read more…

  Another fine evening at the pharmacy yesterday. Ute visited for the second time and she brought along spicy home-made lamb meatballs that were delicious. Thanks !! She also took over the camera and snapped some great shots as well. Like when I was surprised by Andreas with a 50’s retro jersey of the Spanish Read more…

  Another great idea by our friends at Cigar Cult Club – charter a ship and enjoy the traditional “Rhein in Flammen” spectacle in style smoking cigars. Can’t beat that. We chartered the sister ship of our last Rhine cruise vessel, the “Libelle”, packed to full capacity with 50 persons. Rhein in Flammen is a Read more…

  The day started with Zappa sober and it ended with Zappa half drunk. My buddy Rico Suave from Austin, Tx sent me a feel good music clip by The Mothers of Invention at noon – Orange County Lumber Truck – and we ended the night at the pub with Bobby Brown. In between we Read more…

Andreas and I smoked this Dominican cigar or rather : luxury product,  yesterday before the suckling pig dinner at the golf course. It’s a Bossner Ambassador gifted to us last week and it comes in a tube adorned with enough gold lettering to have bankrupted the gold reserves of Burkina Faso. Same applies for the Read more…