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…
4 Aug
We left Hasselt and drove on to Antwerp. It was Friday afternoon and a terrible traffic jam awaited us. I had been forewarned by Frank and he was right, avoid driving into Antwerp on any day but especially on a Friday … Luckily I had Elliott in my car to keep me company – or Read more…
3 Aug
Nothing better than to have time and enjoy summer in Europe – especially so if you are meeting a friend like Stephan again, coming over from London with some friends to tour the Belgian LCDH for a few days. Luckily I had something to do in Antwerp that week-end and so I could join them Read more…
21 Jul
It’s not much that I post on our pharmacy cigar meetings anymore, they are a well-known regular event and except for maybe the big summer meeting not worth mentioning. It’s only when a special person arrives to smoke with us that we realize what a special cigar gathering we have in the village. Rahim from Read more…
