Popular Post nealnyc Posted September 22, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 22, 2018 Just returned from 12 days in the Balkans. Started in Bulgaria and traveled through Macedonia, Albania, coast of Montenegro and finished in Dubrovnik. I do love the Balkans - great food, great people, and great smoking laws. I went to the LCDH in Sofia (inside the Intercontinental Hotel). Decent selection, not great. I picked up the last couple of Bolivar 681 RE Bulgaria they had. Also picked up a couple of Ramon Allones Terra Magica Adriatico release 2016. They had some really aged Monte Open, but I will leave those for someone else. Also visited the LCDH in Tirana, Albania. This is inside what used to be the Sheraton, now the MAK Albania Hotel. They had two boxes brand new of the Bolivar 681 regional edition for Bulgaria 2011. I grabbed a couple of Romeo Capuletos EL 2016. They had half a box left. As for regular stock they didn't have anything great. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nealnyc Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 All the newer boxes I looked at had a warning label over the dates which was a pain to try and remove. The older boxes did not. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerPimp Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 I have never seen the Monte Open series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cigcars Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 *When you mention the Balkins I'm thinking of your running into <this>...Yet I didn't know they carried such wonderful selections of Habanos there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hookmaker Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Great haul there. I was in Sofia in April and picked up a lot of Topes - but guess you didn't see those? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikB72 Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 18 hours ago, BeerPimp said: I have never seen the Monte Open series. Keep it that way 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shlomo Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Careful with those 681 from those two shops. Have had beetle outbreaks in sticks from 681 boxes from those exact shops in the past. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nealnyc Posted September 24, 2018 Author Share Posted September 24, 2018 On 9/23/2018 at 2:02 AM, cigcars said: *When you mention the Balkins I'm thinking of your running into <this>...Yet I didn't know they carried such wonderful selections of Habanos there! In some parts that is a close representation actually. HA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nealnyc Posted September 24, 2018 Author Share Posted September 24, 2018 On 9/23/2018 at 7:45 AM, Hookmaker said: Great haul there. I was in Sofia in April and picked up a lot of Topes - but guess you didn't see those? I didn't see them, but I wasn't necessarily looking for them. I did ask what RE or LE and this was all she showed me. Maybe they were gone. I loved the city, and they had some decent smokes. I call that successful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nealnyc Posted September 24, 2018 Author Share Posted September 24, 2018 11 hours ago, shlomo said: Careful with those 681 from those two shops. Have had beetle outbreaks in sticks from 681 boxes from those exact shops in the past. Wow, good call. I will separate them tonight when I get home. Thanks for the heads up! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Any good cigar shops in Montenegro? I am going there at may. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclepauly25 Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 On 9/22/2018 at 10:39 AM, nealnyc said: Just returned from 12 days in the Balkans. Started in Bulgaria and traveled through Macedonia, Albania, coast of Montenegro and finished in Dubrovnik. I do love the Balkans - great food, great people, and great smoking laws. I went to the LCDH in Sofia (inside the Intercontinental Hotel). Decent selection, not great. I picked up the last couple of Bolivar 681 RE Bulgaria they had. Also picked up a couple of Ramon Allones Terra Magica Adriatico release 2016. They had some really aged Monte Open, but I will leave those for someone else. Also visited the LCDH in Tirana, Albania. This is inside what used to be the Sheraton, now the MAK Albania Hotel. They had two boxes brand new of the Bolivar 681 regional edition for Bulgaria 2011. I grabbed a couple of Romeo Capuletos EL 2016. They had half a box left. As for regular stock they didn't have anything great. Nice pictures! And beautiful looking smokes, everyone seems to dislike the Monte open, are they that bad? I saw some at lcdh in playa del Carmen Mexico, glad I passed on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Str8BlkCoffee Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 I have spent time in Skopje Macedonia, up to Pristina, Uroshevak and Gjlan. I always wanted to visit the Adriatic region. Beautiful scenery with mountains and some of the blackest earth I have seen, coming from someone brought up on southern clay. I took a liking to Skopsko Beer a nice Pilsner. Unfortunately at the time I wasn't into Cuban cigars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivaylo Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 You had to go to Plovdiv in Bulgaria:) my home town. It has so much more history than Sofia and beutiful places to go. I also have couple boxes of the 681 and really loved them. Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SignalJoe Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 7 hours ago, Str8BlkCoffee said: I have spent time in Skopje Macedonia, up to Pristina, Uroshevak and Gjlan. I always wanted to visit the Adriatic region. Beautiful scenery with mountains and some of the blackest earth I have seen, coming from someone brought up on southern clay. I took a liking to Skopsko Beer a nice Pilsner. Unfortunately at the time I wasn't into Cuban cigars. I visited most of those places courtesy of Uncle Sam as part of the Kosovo security forces. Our Camp (Montieth) was located in Gjilan. We had R&R in Greece and Sofia during our time there and that is where I first started smoking Habanos. Pretty country, I have to imagine it's a bit more stable than when I was there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SokaKiel Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 On 2/3/2019 at 4:35 PM, Homer said: Any good cigar shops in Montenegro? I am going there at may. I spend a fair bit of time in Porto Montenegro in Tivat every summer for work and always bring my own cigars. There is a small cigar shop a few roads back from the public dock in town but I never bothered shopping there. Nothing in Kotor or Budva either. Not sure about the capital Podgorica, haven’t made it there yet. But there is a LCDH in Dubrovnik, way out of the centre on Lapad Beach. It’s a small Casa but last summer I still got loads of ER Adriatico there. If you’re in the area or got a rental car it’s worth a visit. Unfortunately I won’t be in Montenegro before June or even July. Have fun! Leif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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