{"id":4129,"date":"2012-12-08T14:36:28","date_gmt":"2012-12-08T12:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flyingcigar.de\/?p=4129"},"modified":"2012-12-08T14:36:28","modified_gmt":"2012-12-08T12:36:28","slug":"octopus-and-cigars-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/flyingcigar.de\/startseite\/octopus-and-cigars-in-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Octopus And Cigars In Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"I am getting the hang of it and actually like it a lot.<\/p>\n

Flying to Venice and an hour later I’m in Padova, a beautiful old city, Renzo is a great host and hotel owner, I pick up the cigars he kindly brought for me from our last visit and we have a nice dinner or two in one of the best gastronomically areas in Europe, the Veneto.<\/p>\n

Life could be worse.<\/p>\n

So I flew down again the other day and this time it was Renzo, Fabio and me having a very light and delicious seafood dinner at Porteghetto, a seafood restaurant quite close to the hotel.<\/p>\n

Both the primi and secondi were fresh seafood, sepia eggs, polpo, gamberetti, shrimps and a local specialty. The main dish being grilled fish.<\/p>\n

All washed down with a local Sauvignon.<\/p>\n

The dessert was an incredibly delicious Millefoglie with Mascarpone and fresh forest fruits – amazingly yummy !<\/p>\n

We finished the evening in Renzo’s kitchen finishing off a bottle of Varadero rum and smoking Siglo III’s.<\/p>\n

Next day I had a long lunch at Venice’s Marco Polo airport, one of the most relaxed and civilized airports I know. After shopping for some Pasta and a selection of Italian cheeses for Inge, I sat down at Canto, a wine bar next to my departure gate and enjoyed fresh octopus salad, a salami sandwich, a glass of wine and a proper cappuccino before boarding the flight home.<\/p>\n

There’s even a smoking area in the airport upstairs in the first level which is acceptable.<\/p>\n

We landed in FRA and had to hold short of the runway to let an A-380 take off – impressive sight, but I rather be retired …<\/p>\n

I managed to get home driving much longer than usual as a cold front brought lots of snow and the Autobahn quickly came to a standstill.<\/p>\n

Hate winter !<\/p>\n

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

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