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Hello Everybody and Welcome Back to Best Shot Whisky Reviews,

It's good to be back after two weeks in Europe. First of all I went a week to the Netherlands to visit my family and be present at the wedding of my nephew Peter and his wife Nienke on Saturday, August 31, 2013 in Bergschenhoek. It was a Garden Wedding and thankfully the weather was beautiful. It was a great day,  everybody was dressed up beautifully and we had a lot of fun!. Below you see a nice picture of Peter, Nienke and their daughter Bente.

Then I went on to London for a one week course on Financial Valuations and Mergers and Acquisitions. It had been a while since I last visited the city and I was impressed again by the beauty and historical importance of its buildings, bridges and churches. The hotel where we were staying was close to the Tower and Tower Bridge and at night the view is really exceptional.

In itself, this two week trip had no direct relations to Whisky although my brother in law and I spend almost an afternoon planning our visit to Scotland (Speyside, Islay and Jura) in 2014. You can imagine how much I look forward to that! And I did buy some whiskies at the Duty Free and a couple of miniatures in London and Rotterdam. But when I thought about it both my visits to Rotterdam (Wedding) and London (Mergers) could be compared to the Vatting and Marrying of Single Malts or Blends. So it was about Whisky after all!

I'm really looking forward to do another Tasting as I have been dry for a little more than 2 weeks. Later today I will taste the Clynelish 1997 Archives bottled by Whiskybase, Rotterdam. I will post the Tasting Notes tomorrow. It's good to be back and see people from all over the world entering the site and reading about our great spirit. So thanks a lot for that and Dram On!

Jan