Ok, here we go with part two. The event "officially" started with an early birds dinner at the 22nd April at the restaurant Beirut. But before we come to that, let me tell you about the days before. Sunday was doing my habitual routine described as in part one. In the afternoon I went to the HS. While I was sitting on my own enjoying my second stick I saw a small group of aficionados that looked like they the came as well for the ...

On Saturday, 2nd May, I arrived back home at around 10:00 o' clock. Dropped my luggage and went down to the corner having a breakfast cigar, still a bit sleepy and needed the whole day to accommodate being home. Took a nap in the afternoon for some hours. Woke up Sunday quite early for in contrary to my normal Sunday wake up time. For me normally around midday on the weekends. I arrived on the 16th of April in Ho Chi Minh (HCM). ...

All nearly set and I am off to Vietnam on Wednesday to the XX Amicigar event in Ho Chi Minh organized by my friend Gino and his partner(s). The event will take place from the 23rd to 26th April. Since 20 years AmiCigar celebrates friendship of Habanos aficionados/lovers. Over 100 people from 25 countries will get together. I will participate the first time and I am very excited to get there. Since the day I made friendship with ...

¡Qué día tan ajetreado fue ayer! Alrededor del mediodía, Peter me llamó para decirme que la Copa Barcelona para pipa se celebraría ese mismo día, 6 de junio, en el Club Pipa de Barcelona, ​​y me preguntó si estaba seguro de que la CSWC 2026 también estaba programada para el 6 de junio allí. Primero, revisé mi conversación con Manolo y me di cuenta de que había malinterpretado su respuesta. Probablemente debería haber sido más claro. ...

Se anuncian dos premios para los ganadores nacionales. El Club Mareva ha anunciado dos premios para los ganadores nacionales. Uno en la página web de noticias de CSWC y otro en Instagram. ¡Me parecen fantásticos! ¿Qué opinas? Déjame tu opinión en los comentarios. https://www.cswcnews.com/post/oliva-les-fines-lames-limited-edition-for-national-champion-prize https://www.instagram.com/reel/DW6-94EiBSa Thorsten

La nueva fecha es el 11 de julio a las 16:00. Estamos a la espera de las actualizaciones del folleto para abrir las inscripciones y actualizar la pagina web. La competición se celebrará de nuevo en el Barcelona Pipa Club, igual que el año pasado. Esta vez empieza una hora antes, a las 16:00. El árbitro será David, de Londres, Inglaterra, y le acompañará su novia Mariana, que también ha aprobado el examen de árbitro del CSWC. ...

... So here I am, sitting in front of my desktop computer, having just finished the first polishing of the database, which will hold my blog. Already struggling to what shall I post, what will I have to do in future. I think it will clear up in future with your comments and hints. So far I plan to report about my journey as a slow smoker in general, the travels I will do in future in the cigar world and reviews of the cigars I ...