Four great days in Germany, with Nino & Gino, PART 1

[laficion]

Hello everyone,

Just back last night from a fantastic 4 days trip in Germany where, Monique & I were greeted by Nino (Nino's flying cigar),

Inge, his wife, Andreas and all the Pharmacy cigar guys at Worrstadt. The event started as soon as we got there, great foods, great wines and great cigars.

During our stay, we visited so many Interesting and wonderful places that I would not know where to start and to top things off, the weather was great, sunny & blue sky all the 4 days.

There were friends coming in from all around , USA, all parts of Germany, France, Italy, Austria,Ukraine, Switzerland, etc.

One of the best part of the trip was to finnally meet up with Nino, but also to meet and get to know our Italian brother, Gino( Mr JAPAN) and his lovely wife, Anna. They are the two most generous and welcoming persons I have ever met, also Nino's friend, Chris, who was driving us everywhere and has become a friend.

Then there was Andreas, who is a true fun loving guy. Kind , generous and welcoming. Andreas is a courageous man, when you think of all the cigar smoking people he had at his Pharmacy on night duty.Nino & Andreas live in one of the most beautiful places in Germany. The village is surrounded by vineyards and breathtaking landscapes.

The cigars we smoked during the last 4 days were just as fantastic. Here is just an example, Deadimas rolled by Yolanda for dinner, ER Bolivar Colosales, thanks to Don Walter, great CANEY 7 years rum & Hoyo's at the LCDH , Frankfurt, RyJ short Churchill and Bolivar corona extras from Nino, etc.

There were great cigars at the Pharmacy smoking night, Lusitanias that were gifted by Mr. Portmann, 1998 Punch churchill & ERdM, PC by Ralf and the PL ER petit corona for the Asia/Pacific gifted by Andreas. Plus many more.

How can all this be sumed up in a few words ? Well, I 'll try,

Nino, thank you for your friendship, your cigars & wines but also the German organizer in you.

Andreas, thank you for your humor and welcoming generousity.

Gino & Anna, thank you for your Italian wit and a true BOTL generousity.

A big thank you to all the Pharmacy guys for the warm welcome we all recieved.

A great 4 days of fun and friendship, thanks again, to the almighty cigar for the power of bringing people together and creating true friendship.

Here are a few pics. that I took with a lousy camera, If you wish to see more plus the cigar bus tour, go to Nino's site,

http://www.flyingcigar.de/smoking_cigars/2...oke_preview.php

Monique & Chris on the right

Monique my wife

Worms on the Rhine River

Me at Jordan's

Kolb's in Worms

Nino's village, Worrstadt

Nino,Monique, Gino & Anna , in Worms

Worms Cathedral

Bensheim

Don Walter

BOLIVAR ER's

Nino & my cigar

Andreas's Pharmacy

Lunch at Sachsenhausen

Gino & Anna

LCDH Frankfurt

[El Presidente]

Fantastic Guy!

So good to see so many friends enjoying themselves!

beautiful location, great friends, great cigars, great food, great wine........Life is not a dress rehearsal

[mkz]

Great reading and great pictures Guy!!!

[Colt45]

Bravo Guy!

[Jimmy2]

Great stuff Guy !!!

[Tampa1257]

Great photos Guy!!!

I certainly miss Germany.

[Habanos2000]

Makes me wish I was there!

[Buch0]

beautiful location, great friends, great cigars, great food, great wine........Life is not a dress rehearsal

So true.

I love reading about experiences like this, its makes my day sitting in the office just that bit brighter. Who would think a cigar could unite people in such a way...

Looks like a top trip mate, glad you appreciated it ._.

[android]

Love to see folks getting together enjoying themselves like all of you....best part of our lives ..friends enjoying good company, cigars, booze and the mother country.

[CigarmanTim]

Wow! What an incredible time.

[jquest63]

Looks like great times were had, thanks for sharing.

[brutusthebuckeye]

Awesome Guy.....Thanks for sharing...

[GP012]

You frenchies suck at taking photos.

My writeup is available at: http://gregpugliese.com/germany2009/writeup.html

And full photo gallery at http://gregpugliese.com/germany2009

[cigarros]

Awesome stuff! Thx mates for sharing!

[laficion]

You frenchies suck at taking photos.

Hey Greg,

You know that I love you man, but I would like to see you come out with Pics. like that

with the dinky toy camera I had

I want to thank you for going through the wine tasting with me, It sure was an INTERESTING

tasting to say the least. Good thing you helped out with gifting me that Partagas, DEMI TIP from

the late 50's (I kept the plastic tip ) and the H.Upmann, NATURAL TUBO, from the 70's.

Greg is a great guy and I was trully honored to get to know him on this trip.

[anacostiakat]

Nice photos. Looks like the weather fine and so was the time had by all. Thanks, Guy!

[scinmyheart]

my only visit to Germany, sadly, was in the late 70's while my brother was stationed at Sembach (sp?)...what a wonderful time I had and now want to return after seeing those beautiful shots

[kjellfrick]

Great times. great times! Thank you both, Guy and Greg for the photos and narrative! But hey, next time take some video shots too...I would have loved to hear the comments in the bus scenes!

[Mr. Japan]

Kjiell the best video would have been the dinner me, Guy and N ino had at Maximo restaurant in Worstad.

Guy is the man for keeping the crowd up.

It's been so nice to share a cigar with you but please next time don't bring the gasoline station camera ,-)

[laficion]

It's been so nice to share a cigar with you but please next time don't bring the gasoline station camera ,-)

Gino, I promise to take your advice

Again, thank you for being the great guy that you are, Monique and I

were very pleased to get to know you and your lovely wife Anna, It was a real

4 day fun trip, thank you for your generosity and I hope we get together again.

Ciao l'ami