4 Feb
It was time again to meet up with Frank at the LCDH in Cologne and he invited Jan who invited Michel and I took Andreas along to make it a round-table affair. Of course each of us took cigars to share with the others – I knew Michel was having a good surprise in store Read more…
15 Dec
A wonderful and impressive cigar week end in Belgium and the Netherlands sharing with good friends. It started Friday noon when I arrived in Overijse at De Kelle, an amazingly interesting store with a wide selection of books, comics and … cigars. Yes, both Cuban and Non-Cuban cigars in a very well kept walk-in humidor Read more…
21 Oct
It’s been a good cigar week, or rather month – naw, make that a good cigar year so far. Funny how every week brings some kind of cigar event or trip or just a day enjoyed with an especially good cigar. We had the usual 13-day routine of the pharmacy cigar event and Walter had Read more…
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…
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…
