Parisian PAD and TAD

[kanada]

Was on vacation in France doing some WW1 and WW2 tours. One of my only main souvenirs was a new Savinelli Gaius 320 and some tobacco from La Civette right next to the Louvre.
SG Commonwealth

MB Vanilla Loose Cut

Davidoff English Mixture

Davidoff Scottish Mixture

Davidoff Royalty

Davidoff Flake medallions

I overpaid for the pipe, but it has more sentimental value so it was worth it.

 

[simnettpratt]

Tide (maternal grandpa) was in the trenches in WWI as a signaller. Got gassed, had major PTSD and was messed up for life. Oupa (paternal grandpa) was a medic at Tobruk (WWII). Uncle John (mother's brother) was a bomb aimer/navigator on a Wellington, over France and Africa. Mother was a kid, and just got bombed, in Manchester. Germans tried to hit the Fairey factory down the street, but never got it. The warning siren for possible tornadoes still freaks her out.
Which WWI and II sites did you visit?

 

[woodsroad]

Very nice!
Question: Are there French pipe tobaccos?

Certainly, there are French pipes, but I do not recall seeing French tobaccos here in the US

 

[kanada]

2 of my mom's great uncles were at Vimy Ridge and Hill 70 during WW1. One was killed and we visited his grave at St Omer where he is buried.
We did a 3 day WW1 tour and we visited major sites in NW France and Belgium including:

-The Somme and associated memorials

-Ypres including messines ridge, passchendeale, Polygon wood, Tyne cot cemetery, numerous canadian/british/australian memorials

-Last post ceremony at the Menin gate

-Vimy ridge and Arras
WW2 my parents did british and canadian beaches (Gold, Sword, and Juno)

My girlfriend and I did a 101st airborne tour including a lot of the sites from Band of Brothers(walked in the field at Brecourt Manor where the 4-105mm guns were) and stopped at Utah beach as well
It was an amazing trip.

 

[kanada]

I'm not sure if there are or not, I've never seen any tobaccos that I would recognize as being "french" but I do own 3 french pipes(2 Chacoms and a Jeantet)

 

[lestrout]

Dan - the late great Bob Runowski at Morley's said that the dearth of a French tobacco industry was due to the French government controls it there. No room for capitalism. (Please - no political comments)
hp

les

 

[darwin]

Kanada good going on the Sav. Gaius 320. It's a killer pipe, in both looks and performance. I just flat adore the one I have.

 

[kanada]

I plan on getting another 320 or similar in the near-ish future

 

[dottiewarden]

Congrats on the nice stash of tobaccos!

 

[kanada]

I did indeed. Tobacco ranged from 15-20 euros, even converted to CDN they are still cheaper than most places here. The pipes seem to be another story, take the $ sign and make that euros. Knowing what the pipes cost in the states made it a little harder to put the cash up, but it was also a souvenir so I was willing to pay more than I could get them online for.

 

[mrenglish]

That sounds like an awesome trip!
Totally agree with you about the pipe. Definitely worth the extra money for the sentimental value.