Strada Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Simon, get down to Havana again this February and we'll practice BS-Fran-Panol again :-)) !! Nino I wish, if only I could I would but I think it will have to wait until next year...unless you come to Montreal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverickdrinker Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Hey, what about my Spanish speaking skills? I got SKILLZ!!!! LOL Loading up Rosetta Stone on my computer this week to potentially prepare myself for a February trip... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strada Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Hey, what about my Spanish speaking skills? I got SKILLZ!!!! LOL Loading up Rosetta Stone on my computer this week to potentially prepare myself for a February trip... Self-DESTRUCTOOOOOOO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverickdrinker Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 El Hombre Asiatico Aristocrato.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilgrims Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 great writing and a great story Nino...keep em coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckSARTech Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 El Hombre Asiatico Aristocrato.......... LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puros Y Vino Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 El Hombre Asiatico Aristocrato.......... Quattro Millimetro Division.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverickdrinker Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 CHU TALIENO!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckSARTech Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 CHU TALIENO!!!!!!!! Oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, I made it out of clay... Oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, then dreidel I shall play!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckSARTech Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 folks do yourself a favor and forget about Cuba go to Spain, mainly Barcelona and also Costa Brava. Internet fast, 5 star hotels, great food, ATM's that work, changing money easy as pie, and above all the smokes. Spain receives the most CC's of any country in the world so it is quite easy to find any and most smokes for wonderful price points. I think I'll wait until Cuba opens up before I spend any green backs there. I really don't care about "barn yard" smell, in all honesty it makes me sick. I like my smokes to have settled a while before I smoke them, don't like them wet either. Remember, the benefits of Spain out way most other places. But....even with all of those negatives.... Most of us would STILL pick Cuba, and continue to do so, as it's about the overall EXPERIENCE. It's about the people, their joy of life in the face of such turmoil, the architecture and history, the atmosphere and vibe of the island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzz Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, I made it out of clay... Oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, then dreidel I shall play!!!! Courtney Cox, I love you! You're so hot, on that show! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIB2Wh0GFYU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverickdrinker Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 But....even with all of those negatives.... Most of us would STILL pick Cuba, and continue to do so, as it's about the overall EXPERIENCE. It's about the people, their joy of life in the face of such turmoil, the architecture and history, the atmosphere and vibe of the island. X2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nino Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 folks do yourself a favor and forget about Cuba go to Spain, mainly Barcelona and also Costa Brava. Internet fast, 5 star hotels, great food, ATM's that work, changing money easy as pie, and above all the smokes. Spain receives the most CC's of any country in the world so it is quite easy to find any and most smokes for wonderful price points. I think I'll wait until Cuba opens up before I spend any green backs there. I really don't care about "barn yard" smell, in all honesty it makes me sick. I like my smokes to have settled a while before I smoke them, don't like them wet either. Remember, the benefits of Spain out way most other places. Good joke. Hope it works and more idiots believe it - the more Cuba and good cigars for the rest of us who appreciate not being inside an overbuilt, raped and overpriced lunatic retirement home full of foreigners smoking moldy overhumidified crap cigars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk05 Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Good joke. Hope it works and more idiots believe it - the more Cuba and good cigars for the rest of us who appreciate not being inside an overbuilt, raped and overpriced lunatic retirement home full of foreigners smoking moldy overhumidified crap cigars holy crap, tell us how you really feel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazolaman Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 folks do yourself a favor and forget about Cuba go to Spain, mainly Barcelona and also Costa Brava. Internet fast, 5 star hotels, great food, ATM's that work, changing money easy as pie, and above all the smokes. Spain receives the most CC's of any country in the world so it is quite easy to find any and most smokes for wonderful price points. I think I'll wait until Cuba opens up before I spend any green backs there. I really don't care about "barn yard" smell, in all honesty it makes me sick. I like my smokes to have settled a while before I smoke them, don't like them wet either. Remember, the benefits of Spain out way most other places. That really must be a joke. As many will know, my wife and I are touring most of Europe and Scandinavia at the moment. There is little free wifi in Southern Europe, ironically, there is far more in "less civilised" Eastern Europe. Portugal fares better for free wifi. There are a few nice places on the med coast of Spain, but not many, as Nino has mentioned, most of it is overbuilt tourist boxes, full of sunburned people who avoid the local food, preffering a "full English" or similar shite. There are still wonderful beaches, not overly built on, on the Atlantic coast of Spain, ie the Costa de la Lux. Local food...great places. As for cigars...forget it. I don't know how it happened, but there are few places to buy in Spain, and most are crispy dry. I have found a few rarities here, but generally poorly kept. One of the great ironies, how did the creators of the Cuban cigar industry end up with such a poor supply? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nino Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 holy crap, tell us how you really feel? I feel good - gonna try and walk on the snow & ice through the village to my cafe for the newspaper and a cigar .... :-) That really must be a joke. As many will know, my wife and I are touring most of Europe and Scandinavia at the moment. There is little free wifi in Southern Europe, ironically, there is far more in "less civilised" Eastern Europe. Portugal fares better for free wifi. There are a few nice places on the med coast of Spain, but not many, as Nino has mentioned, most of it is overbuilt tourist boxes, full of sunburned people who avoid the local food, preffering a "full English" or similar shite. There are still wonderful beaches, not overly built on, on the Atlantic coast of Spain, ie the Costa de la Lux. Local food...great places. As for cigars...forget it. I don't know how it happened, but there are few places to buy in Spain, and most are crispy dry. I have found a few rarities here, but generally poorly kept. One of the great ironies, how did the creators of the Cuban cigar industry end up with such a poor supply? Thank you for putting it in better words. One correction :-)) it's not "tourist boxes" but : "freaking rabbit huts" that stay empty 11 months a year, have raped 99% of the Spanish Med coast and made me want to throw TNT charges left and right the motorway when I was still visiting my parents south of Alicante. The Spanish Med landscape will give you eye cancer unless you're blind-drunk, which is what 95% of the "happy tourists" will do, starting with a beer and Brandy b'fast to endure the BS crap they bought into ... We love parts of the Algarve and most of Portugal for being "Spain 30 years" back, maybe some parts of the Costa de la Luz as Mazola comments and most of the North, Asturias, Galicia, Cantabria, the Basque area. As for cigars in Spain ... I mostly bring my own and except for a few serious cavas : Fuuuurgett itt. I'll take freaking nerve-cracking frustating corrupt no-wifi no service no bananas from the wall no nuthing Cuba anyday of the week and twice on Sundays - at least I feel alive there But : Chacon a son ragout - to each his own stew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianbeaver Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 We fell in love with Barcelona... Perhaps we were a pair of tourist who raped the city, enjoying the art, food, wine and music. But finding cigars? Maybe 2 small shops! Much better luck in Munich, Paris, Amsterdam. I make it my business to be a cigar shopper all over Europe. My sister thinks I am absolutely whacko!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginseng Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Excellent reportage! Thank you, Nino. Wilkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdlfoto Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 folks do yourself a favor and forget about Cuba go to Spain, mainly Barcelona and also Costa Brava.Internet fast, 5 star hotels, great food, ATM's that work, changing money easy as pie, and above all the smokes. Spain receives the most CC's of any country in the world so it is quite easy to find any and most smokes for wonderful price points. I think I'll wait until Cuba opens up before I spend any green backs there. I really don't care about "barn yard" smell, in all honesty it makes me sick. I like my smokes to have settled a while before I smoke them, don't like them wet either. Remember, the benefits of Spain out way most other places. Yea, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nino Posted December 10, 2012 Author Share Posted December 10, 2012 I can'tstay up all night enlighting you folks. Chow Good news Chow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cohiba007 Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Ciao. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckSARTech Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 LOL. Oh lordie.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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