laficion Posted May 27, 2010 Posted May 27, 2010 THE NIMES FERIA 2010 An annual meeting of 2 cigar clubs. For the fourth year in a row,our 2 cigar clubs from the south of France, joined together for a 5 day herf in and around the city of Nimes and as always exchanged a great amount of brotherly spirit around great cigars, great wines and of course, fantastic foods . "L'Aficion du Havane" is our club that I created 16 years ago and,"Cigares & Compagnie",created by Christophe Buet , is a club from the city of Toulouse in the southwest of France. For our fourth edition, Nimes and her Feria created just the right atmostphere for smoking cigars and tasting great wines. The Feria in Nimes occurs twice a year, the First and the most important, on the Pentecote weekend and the 2nd, mostly just for the locals, in September right after the wine harvest. The main attarction of the Feria is it's bullfights which ranks 2nd after Madrid. The culture of the bull is truly embeded and dates way back in time here in the Mediterranean culture,but, if you don't like corridas and bullfights, no one is going to force you, of course,and you will have a great time anyway. As for cigar smoking, France is not what you would call a cigar friendly country these days but during the Feria, for the full 5 days, you would think that there has never been any smoking ban passed, inside a public place or out . Wherever we went to eat or any of the many Bodegas we partied in, they all allowed us to smoke our Puros and no one complained. Our friends from Toulouse had just come back from a trip to Cuba and brought with them some great cigars to smoke during the event, many were custom rolled from Club Havana with the great Monsdale or from Reynaldo at the LCDH Conde Villanueva. Here are just a few of the Pics.I would like to share with you all, I hope you'll enjoy. This years Poster Some hot nights in the streets Serious music at a friends Bodegas, my wife on the left. One of our Bodegas, the wall. Joking around. Some night scenes Watching the Rugby finals Our waterhole where we gather Prez to Prez talk. More night action. Serious night talk And to finish it all off , we even made an article in the newspaper LOL The title reads " Cigars in the Arena, like a screen of smoke " Last but not least some pics. taken at the corrida by Bernard, a member of our club, the guy in the newspaper photo. 3.bmp 2.bmp Sans_titre.bmp bull.bmp flowers.bmp 1.bmp 4.bmp cigars.bmp
Colt45 Posted May 27, 2010 Posted May 27, 2010 Guy, thanks so much for the report - fantastic! I've also had the good fortune of smoking the Monsdale, courtesy of a good friend here on the forum, and I agree that it is a great Havana. I thought of you recently while watching a travel program on Nimes and Toulouse - it looks truly beautiful! P.S. I'm liking the hair
laficion Posted May 27, 2010 Author Posted May 27, 2010 P.S. I'm liking the hair Thanks Ross, It's not that I WANT to let my hair grow It has to do with a bet, I'll explain someday
Colt45 Posted May 27, 2010 Posted May 27, 2010 It has to do with a bet, I'll explain someday Now that I look forward to!
thechenman Posted May 27, 2010 Posted May 27, 2010 Guy...thanks for sharing the experience. Looks like an awesome 5 days.
Ryan Posted May 27, 2010 Posted May 27, 2010 Very nice report and pictures Guy, thanks for that. I really like the poster.
Stalebread Posted May 27, 2010 Posted May 27, 2010 Looks like the cigar smokers of Southern France know how to have a good time. Thanks for the photos. If I'm not mistaken, there are a couple of women smoking cigars in the photos. It's good to see. How many women members are there in your combined clubs?
anacostiakat Posted May 27, 2010 Posted May 27, 2010 Always look forward to seeing these Guy! Thanks a ton!
Gary Posted May 27, 2010 Posted May 27, 2010 Looks like a great time was had by all, I imagine it would be a fantastic experience, I look forward to Septembers report .
laficion Posted May 27, 2010 Author Posted May 27, 2010 If I'm not mistaken, there are a couple of women smoking cigars in the photos. It's good to see.How many women members are there in your combined clubs? Ken, In our club , 1 out of 3 members is a woman. In the Toulouse club it's 1 out of 4 members.
MIKA27 Posted May 28, 2010 Posted May 28, 2010 Great post Guy, thanks for sharing. I'm a huge fan of photos, I love looking at my albums as well as others' pictures. Looks like you all had a great event, everyone has a smile and a cigar!
cigarros Posted May 28, 2010 Posted May 28, 2010 Guy as always you are the best european cigar party-goers! Nice pics and kindly atmosphere there are! Thank you for sharing!
frenchkiwi Posted July 11, 2010 Posted July 11, 2010 Merci Guy de partager avec nous les saveurs de la feria! Que de couleurs et de culture aux parfums du terroir de la region ... ca donne envie. (Heureusement je serai en provence le mois prochain pour aider mon beauf avec sa recolte de lavande )
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