Greetings from Germany

[MikhaelDavid]

Hello everyone,

I've been following the forum for a while now, I thought it is time to register and be more involved.

Although I've never been a smoker before, and I haven't met anyone who smokes a pipe in my life, around 5 months ago on my 34th birthday I decided to get myself a pipe. I love rituals and quiet moments, and a pipe seemed like something that would suit me. Plus Gandalf smoked one, that's enough appeal there

I thought I would enjoy aromatics, so tried a variety of highly rated blends, but for some reason they all felt "empty". Not satisfying at all. Lately I settled on English blends, and maybe a Scottish from time to time.
I am glad I picked up the hobby. It is meditative to have a bowl in the evening while listening to some music or reading.

I've definitely learned a lot from the forum, and had fun reading it. I would like to thank you all for forming this community!

I wish you all a great day!
David

 

[crawdad]

Welcome to the forums!

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

Wilkommen,und Beste grüsse aus Finnland

 

[JMcQ]

Welcome

 

[diamondback]

Glad you’re here! Welcome from Tennessee, USA

 

[cigrmaster]

Welcome from Florida. You might want to try a blend from Peter Heinrichs called Curly Block. It is a Virginia/Perique rope that is quite tasty. It is difficult to get here in the states but worth the chase.

 

[trouttimes]

Welcome from Colorado,USA.

 

[olkofri]

Herzlich willkommen!

 

[seldom]

Welcome! I'm an American living in Germany with my German wife and our sons. There are other Germans on the forum and even the non-Germans seem to be big fans of the tobacco here (HU especially). As far as I can tell Germany is one of the best places on the planet to be a pipe smoker.

 

[BROBS]

Yet oddly enough when I was there for over a week in Stuttgart, Munich, and Berlin I saw ZERO people smoking pipes and people even remarked how odd it was to see me smoking a pipe. I asked if people smoked pipes there and the answer I got mostly was "Maybe some old men".

 

[Bowie]

Welcome!

 

[seldom]

Yet oddly enough when I was there for over a week in Stuttgart, Munich, and Berlin I saw ZERO people smoking pipes

Wow! Over a whole week!! Well, I stand corrected.

Again, welcome. The forum is a great resource. Much of what is posted is great. As with anything online there is also some worthless flotsam but the good information outweighs the bad.

 

[BROBS]

Wow! Over a whole week!! Well, I stand corrected.

I honestly expected to at least see some people with pipes.. even old men but I didn't ! Maybe it was just bad luck on my part or maybe I didn't go to areas where pipesmokers reside.

I saw people buying and smoking cigars... LOTS of cigarettes even rolling their own cigarettes a lot. But no pipes

 

[augiebd]

Welcome from Western Canada!

 

[derhammer]

Welcome aboard

 

[lelik]

Welcome !

 

[alaskanpiper]

Welcome from Knik River, Alaska!

 

[cshubhra]

Welcome!!!

 

[scloyd]

Welcome from Illinois.

 

[peregrinus]

Hello and welcome from Seattle, Washington USA.