Flying Cigar – A Cigar Travel Blog

  The mild & sunny weather doesn’t give you a hint, but winter approaches and with it also some German culinary traditions like eating goose on Martin’s day. Josef, our resident Dutch cook, planned a goose dinner at the Domtal Golf course in Mommenheim for us, kindly paying special attention that I was able to Read more…

  Well, it was a short trip, but it wasn’t a SHORT drive ! Forget it, delete it, rewind the movie. I erased the duration of the nightmarish drive from my memory as soon as we passed the Swiss border and were greeted by our friends Urs Portmann and Horst Ocho who were waiting for Read more…

  How can I add anything new on a legendary & classic cigar gathering that’s been around for over a decade and attracts cigar smokers from all over the world due to its relaxed, fun and  “all-are-welcome atmosphere” ?? Words would be superfluous. ‘Nuff said. So here is a collage of pictures that tell the Read more…

  The days in Havana were filled with leisurely breakfast’s in the patio, a cigar and playing the day by ear. They spent half a day in Cojimar on Hemingway’s trail. Of course I took them to my favourite eating places like El Chanchullero, El Templete, Starbien for the best Masas de Cerdo ( which Read more…

  Rainer & Marled are friends from my village in Germany. Rainer, a retired plumber smokes with us at the pharmacy and Marled takes cooking classes with my wife. Both have a passion to travel, a love that became fulfilled when they left East Germany right after the crumbling of the Berlin wall. Being surrounded Read more…

  Even the shittiest of days deserves a good cigar, if only to feel better. Andreas’s been having some shitty days and I wasn’t feeling too well myself on Saturday evening when we met in the office for a couple of hours of the basic feel-good ingredients: some beer, a bottle of Claret, a bottle Read more…

   A truly cigar and fun packed day, yesterday. And no, there’s no “hidden closet” in this post – just good old dirty fun … Drove up to Cologne for half a day of smoking fine cigars with my old Belgian buddy-“lover” Frank at Pitter Heinrich’s Casa. We started with 70/80’s vintage Cuban Davidoffs, Chateau Read more…