River In Flames - Cigars And Fireworks

[Nino]

Another great idea by our friends at Cigar Cult Club - charter a ship and enjoy the traditional "Rhein in Flammen"spectacle in style smoking cigars.

Can't beat that.

We chartered the sister ship of our last Rhine cruise vessel, the "Libelle", packed to full capacity with 50 persons.

Rhein in Flammen is a fascinating 60 year old spectacle at the most beautiful part of the Rhine river, the stretch between St. Goar and the Loreley below all the old riverside castles like Rheinfels and the Burg Katz consisting of spectacular fireworks on and over the river.

Impressive mass of brilliantly lighted and decorated ships as well with almost 100 of them cruising the festive river.

A long affair too.

We arrived at 4 pm to board the ship which left at 4:30 pm and returned back to the pier in the early morning hours exhausted but fascinated by the show.

The river is closed to shipping for the fireworks evening, the shoreline is packed tight with spectators and the river itself is lined with cruising ships, some as large as a city block. Fascinating. All the ships are moored basically next to each other ( at 10 feet distance ) but still under power to head the fast river current. A perfectly orchestrated ballet.

After some 3:30 hrs of cruising downriver past some of the most beautiful scenery in central Germany, we arrived at the turning point and lined upriver with all the other ships.

We had had a very good Bavarian buffet aboard ship - yesterday was also the start of this year's Oktoberfest - and were enjoying the cigars that Gabriel of the CCC was passing around, a Black Market, an Artist Line ( yummy ) and finally a Bolivar Belicoso Fino from the cabinet.

The fireworks started at 21:15 and lasted 45 minutes, the came from a barge moored midstream and from opposite castles on both sides of the river and shrouded the river in fog while resonating from the steep hillsides.

It was absolutely brilliant, certainly one of the best cigar related experiences had this year besides being in Havana.

For German speakers, here is the link to the Cigar Cult Club site, report and more pictures of the event .

Update 25.09. : My video impressions of the Rhine river cigar cruise and the fireworks ( regrettably without the Cuban music I had selected due to rights issue ... ) :

Nino

For more pictures see : http://flyingcigar.d...-and-fireworks/

[Habanos2000]

That looks like a fantastic evening. Thanks for sharing with us.

[Squarehead]

Schönes Video und schöne bilder.Leben und leben lassen.Wir können nicht hier sein für eine lange Zeit,dann lass uns hier sein für eine gute Zeit.Thanks for sharing Nino.

[riazp]

Man...you boys in Germany know how do it right. Looks like an awesome time. I love being on boat and enjoying a cigar and drink.

[Squarehead]

Man...you boys in Germany know how do it right. Looks like an awesome time. I love being on boat and enjoying a cigar and drink.

Riaz,if the Germans don't have a reason to have a party they invent one.It's as simple as that.

[Nino]

Schönes Video und schöne bilder.Leben und leben lassen.Wir können nicht hier sein für eine lange Zeit,dann lass uns hier sein für eine gute Zeit.Thanks for sharing Nino.

Riaz,if the Germans don't have a reason to have a party they invent one.It's as simple as that.

Danke Hans,

wir geben uns Mühe ... es ist wirlich ein "gesegnetes" Zigarrenpflaster hier bei uns in der Gegend :-)

Extra für Dich - die deutsche Ausgabe des Abends :

http://www.cigar-cult-club.de/rhein-in-flammen-21-09-2013/

[OZCUBAN]

Great post Nino thanks for sharing,looks like a great time was had by all very spectacular fireworks

Cheers

[Squarehead]

Thank you very much Nino,enjoyed that article.

Richte bitte auch viele Grüsse an Deine Zigarren-Kumpels aus.

[Jeremy Festa]

Great stuff! Looks amazing!

Brisbane will have its turn this weekend, with the annual Riverfire event on Saturday.

[sharks]

Looks Great!

[bresdogsr]

Looks like a great time was had by all. Love fireworks can only imagine watching them accompanied by a great cigar.

[CanuckSARTech]

Very cool. The extra photos on your blog show things really well also - I can't get over the size of some of those "stretch-limosine"-style boats!!!

I absolutely love those aerial / hillside-view photos as well. Shows the overall scene beautifully.

And....I don't ever think I've seen a picture with Big Hans in it where he's not either wearing a sweater, or has one around his neck a-la-1980's-"Beverly Hills Cop"-style!!!