{"id":23584,"date":"2019-04-19T09:52:07","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T07:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flyingcigar.de\/?p=23584"},"modified":"2019-04-19T18:48:43","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T16:48:43","slug":"shanghai-pharmacy-portmann-mr-plastics-road-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/flyingcigar.de\/startseite\/shanghai-pharmacy-portmann-mr-plastics-road-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Shanghai, Pharmacy, Portmann – Mr Plastic’s Road Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Let’s clarify first – of course it wasn’t a road trip from Shanghai to Frankfurt, Web used the classic Lufthansa B-747-400 for that …<\/p>\n

and why is Web called Mr Plastic – well, being a big city boy he is used to whip out his credit card ( or mobile phone ) to pay for every little thing.<\/p>\n

Try to do that in a small village and you will receive lots of laughs … \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Other than that, all went extremely well. We had only met through the Internet and with Web being in Europe quite frequently, I suggested he drop by for a cigar at the pharmacy cigar events.<\/p>\n

He agreed and so I picked him up early Sunday morning. As he told me he likes pork and Sauerkraut being a “northern Barbarian” I took him to Frankfurt where he indulged in a Schweinehaxe or Pork Knuckle with the cabbage. First cigar we smoked was a Lancero before I drove Web through downtown Frankfurt and into the village for a nap at Cafe Fritz.<\/p>\n

He attended the ANS night and couldn’t believe how relaxed and friendly people were. All about good fun, food and cigars.<\/p>\n

He is used to fly around Europe so I suggested driving to Switzerland – his destination country – as an alternative to flying.<\/p>\n

He agreed as he loves to improvise and told me it would be his first road trip in Europe.<\/p>\n

So that is what we did, and it was a glorious day to do it, blue skies, sunny weather and not much traffic.<\/p>\n

Now, having Alonso as my second family name I managed to do the trip in under 3 hrs. Not bad on a weekday….<\/p>\n

We arrived at Portmann Cigars to the usual and legendary first class service and hospitality by Mr Portmann and his son Marc.<\/p>\n

While I had a RASS Web went for a Vegas Robaina – along with some coffee to get the adrenaline down.<\/p>\n

We selected some nice boxes under the excellent guidance of Marc and then went for a quick and fine dinner at my usual Thai dirty spoon on the German side of the border.<\/p>\n

It was then back to the Portmann cigar lounge where we enjoyed good conversations and both received a Portmann 35th and 45th Anniversary stick. Cannot thank Mr Portmann and Marc enough for making us feel so welcome – they truly went far out of their way to make us feel comfortable.<\/p>\n

The next day Web took the train to Gstaad along with his 3 Jumbo cases and we said “see you soon” as he has promised to come back, both to the pharmacy ANS and to Portmann.<\/p>\n

So, see you soon Mr Plastic Fantastic \ud83d\ude42 and thank you for the visit !<\/p>\n

Nino<\/strong><\/p>\n

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