Montecristo Cigars

  A buddy of mine just finished traveling for 11 months on the cruise ships from the Caribbean to the Mediterranean as a musician and in that time he saw sights and visited cities that most of us, in the occasional vacations we take, wouldn’t usually be able to accomplish in our lifetimes.  The thing about someone who gives up the stability of a “regular job” to pursue the life long perfection of their art is that they often find other rewards that aren’t usually measured in an accountant’s ledger book.  He told me that he was able to stand in the middle of the Roman Colosseum, walk up the stairs of the Leaning Tower of Pisa and eat in some very good restaurants as well as smoke cigars that he purchased in Gibraltar and the Canary Islands.  Oh yes, the cigar part of this story is that he came back and was able to hand off some monte 2’s and Petit Edmundos to me that he bought in his travels. Now is that a good friend or what!!  Travel is something that I believe is very important in our lives, in fact, I’ve always believed that family comes first and travel follows closely in second place as far as what should be important to all people on this planet!  I couldn’t wait and smoked a Petit Edmundo right away since he told me that the box was from ‘07, seemed a decent enough time to rest.  It was a nice medium to full strength cigar that was a lot like it’s bigger brother but along with the Monte flavors I love, I noticed a bit of sweetness and leather that took over for the last half to the nub.  Great friend and great cigar!