My smokes in Europe

What a trip!!! Madrid is a BEAUTIFUL city and probably the cleanest place I've been... but MAN did the food suck! Ham, Ham, Ham, Ham and oh, by the way, more HAM! but it was a great time... I found this great B&M there... the owner was super nice and spoke a little english to boot, but I only had time for one smoke in Madrid... I chose the PSD4 and i was NOT disappointed... what a great smoke...everything was perfect... I'm sure some of the feeling was influenced by the sheer joy, but it was a great stick... i babied it for almost 2 hours and had a nice Johnny Walker Black with it... the pairing was great... I'm not a fan of Scotch with smokes, but it was all I had access to at the time and it worked perfectly...

The smoke was toasty... that was really the best word for it from start to finish... I had a few burn issues, but overall I loved it...

In Paris I found a GREAT shop near my hotel (we were like 300 yards from the Louvre)... it was really high end so I didn't get the personal attention I received in Madrid, but they had a great selection... I grabbed another Partagas and a Cohiba Siglos II Tubo.... I smoked the Cohiba first and enjoyed it... I think I expected too much with all the HYPE around the Cohiba ISOMs, so I was a little disappointed... din't get me wrong, it was good, but I unfairly expected perfection... the burn and construction were spot on and the flavors were nice... there was a nice growth in the flavor and strength... Then I smoked my second Partagas and, again, wow... I'm gonna have to get my hands on a box of these...

I wish I had more time to smoke, but after all, it was my honeymoon... I can't smell like smoke ALL THE TIME... the wife was very understanding

The B&M;s were overwhelming to me... I walked in a saw all these Cubans and I didn't know what to do... I was like a kid in a candy store... I just reached for the stuff that looked familiar... they were about 12 Euro each, which I found a little surprising... I figured they'd be more, but both shops were on the level as far as I could tell... the one in Paris was for sure...

anyway, thanks for all your input leading up to the trip... I have some pics of the smokes and I'll post them when I get them all downloaded... We filled up 3 sim cards and 8 hours of HD video on the Flip... what a trip!

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Jetmech_63

Welcomehome homeslice! The partagas serie d is by far my favorite isom. I load up when the ship goes to the gulf!

fla-gypsy

Welcome back to the USA, sounds like a great trip.

Lasabar

Glad you got home safe and had a chance to enjoy a few sticks!

Rob1110

Sounds like a great time. I stayed really close to the Louvre while in Paris too. Actually, one street away - heading away from the Sen. Beautiful city. I'd go back in a heartbeat.

sightunseen

Welcome back! Glad you had a great time.

robbyras

Rob1110:
Sounds like a great time. I stayed really close to the Louvre while in Paris too. Actually, one street away - heading away from the Sen. Beautiful city. I'd go back in a heartbeat.

Sounds like you stayed right near where I was... I stayed at the Hotel Regina, which was actually featured in the first Bourne movie... good times....

Jdorais

Welcome back! Glad to hear everything worked out. And the PD4? Well, it really is the one.

kuzi16

bring me any samples?

Fourtotheflush

Dude,
Congrats on the honeymoon! Congrats on the wedding! Glad you had lots of fun.

docbp87

Glad you had a good trip brother. Also glad you got to grab a PSDN4. Definitely one of my favorite smokes I've ever had. Next time you're over there be sure to grab a Bolivar!

zeebra

Sounds like you had a nice lil trip! Yea even when I went up there, thats all they had to eat, and I dont eat pork, so ate a ton of bread and cheeze with lettuce!

Glad you had a good time though!

robbyras

zeebra:
Sounds like you had a nice lil trip! Yea even when I went up there, thats all they had to eat, and I dont eat pork, so ate a ton of bread and cheeze with lettuce!

Glad you had a good time though!

yeah, no veggies to be found unless you get the salad but I did have some peppers over there that were amazing... peppers de padron I think... amazing

Nick2021

Sounds like a great trip, hopefully I can enjoy the same thing sometime in the future!