It was a long day's travelling, cattle class once again, the crowd being predominately teens, seeing as it's Spring Break, and while they were well behaved despite their reputation, a couple of screaming babies made the trip arduously long. After spending a few hours in the long tunnels and shops of the massive Frankfurt airport, I was airborne once again for the short hop to Italy. Finally I plopped down in Milan, an hour long taxi ride later in a fine Mercedes that the driver treated like a Lamborghini, and I was in Sesto Calende.
I consider myself an Ardbeg man. Having the rare opportunity to sample fine single malts in Scotland itself many moons ago, I came to the conclusion that Ardbeg was pretty darn near heaven on earth, until a Scotsman brought some Laphroig to Tanzania. Pretty dang close I must say, if you like your single malts smokey and peaty. At nearly $90 a bottle for either, the liquid smoke ain't cheap by any standard, but seriously fatigued after a long days journey, in Sesto Calende, Italy, of all places, I ordered a shot of Laphroig as the bottle was sitting right there staring at me, calling my name.....I asked for a single ounce, and I dare say she gave me near four! I'm feeling that.
They are calling for rain all week, and I'm training for full eight hour days, but hopefully I can find some time to explore....
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