De-toxing the village way

[Nino]

Lord, I wish I had the inner peace and serenity my friend Big Hans has - he can lay down on the lab stone slab and have a siesta with herbs in his ears and an apple in his mouth ...

Great way to nap.

OK - the picture was staged in the lab, but still : looks serenely peaceful, right ?

Guess this is what I believed I urgently needed after returning from 4 weeks in Cuba, the last 8 days with lots of cigars, rum and buddies and little sleep.

A long, peaceful nap and no cigar, no rum, no drinks, no buddies ..

This is what I actually got : Lots of cigars, rum and whiskey plus whisky and more of the same. Plus buddies. Plus private fun time, cigars, rum and food with the buddies.

OK, I did get some long hours of sleep, but it was mainly because, as we say in Germany " The body takes what it needs".

After just 2 days in country, on a Thursday, we held the regular pharmacy cigar meeting.

I brought a bottle of 7 year old Mulata just to keep the good Havana flavour in my mind while smoking a cigar.

Then it was a Josef "Monday" - he invited us all to Leberknödel and Kartoffelpüree with Sauerkraut done the "Dutch" way - mingling the Sauerkraut into the potato puree - and it was tasty.

Just like the bottle of Glenfiddich and the 2002 JL Corona and the 2005 RASS we shared with Andreas at that dinner. Not to mention all the Roseschorles... it was coming home. Delightful.

OK - so the three of us - Hans, Andreas & me - missed a regular "Whisky Monday" at the lab due to that dinner.

No worries, we quickly changed it to a Whisky Wednesday and smoked fresh Havana Prominentes plus some aged (2005) Diplomaticos Nr 2 while shooting the crap and exchanging black & white memories after the coloured ones from Havana faded in the background.

It was 3 bottles of fine Single Malt that we opened and partially destroyed :

An 16 yr old Bowmore Sherry casked ( the best of the trio ! ), an 6 yr old Laphroig Bourbon casked ( uurgh ... :-(( ) and a fine 1994 Knockando.

It was coming home alright ... and hitting the ground running

I was happy when I hopped on a plane again and escaped to a more subtle dinner/drinks & cigar venue : Northern Italy.

But that's another story.

So much for detoxing.

Nino

For more pictures :

http://flyingcigar.d...he-village-way/

[mazolaman]

I'd recommend a holiday for a rest, Nino, you need to take a break form this hard life you are living

[Hazza]

Living the dream Nino. Love reading your stories

[Squarehead]

Being retired is not an easy job since you never know when you're finished with it.Also nobody is ever telling you when to take a break.

Nino,sieht verdammt gut aus.Mache nur so weiter.

[Nino]

Being retired is not an easy job since you never know when you're finished with it.Also nobody is ever telling you when to take a break.

Nino,sieht verdammt gut aus.Mache nur so weiter.

I agree, it's not an easy job but it sure beats working

Danke - und ein herzliches : Aber sicher doch ...

[ChanceSchmerr]

Nino - you know how to live, plain and simple my friend!

What kind of flavours did you get from that 6 Yr Laphraoig? I love young Islay whiskies.........

[OZCUBAN]

Well done Nino ,your giving Rob a run for his money ,in the lifestyle stakes LOL

Enjoy

[LeafLover]

You have a great brotherhood there. Thank you for always sharing.

[Nino]

Nino - you know how to live, plain and simple my friend!

What kind of flavours did you get from that 6 Yr Laphraoig? I love young Islay whiskies.........

Chris - this 6-yr old Islay tasted of very salty diapers ... the 3-man consensus was : uuurrgh

[CanuckSARTech]

Horrible. Absolutely horrible.

[CUBANO]

Nino. You only live once. Sigue viviendo la buena vida.

[Nino]

Nino. You only live once. Sigue viviendo la buena vida.

Gracias socio - lo bueno se tiene que vivir y disfrutar a tope.

La vida son dos dias.

[NJP]

You and RA are my idols.

[tdlfoto]

Perfect Nino, just perfect.

[maverickdrinker]

I think I will nickname you Dos Equis....... The most interesting man in the world.....

Well done my friend. Way to live life to the fullest every day!!!!

[ChanceSchmerr]

Chris - this 6-yr old Islay tasted of very salty diapers ... the 3-man consensus was : uuurrgh

Nino - if that's the case - that sounds like the worst single malt EVER, young or old!!! Blecch!!!

Young Caol Ilas, Kilchoman and Bruichladdich Port Charlottes have been phenominal.......I guess just stay away from the Laphy's haha!