Hello John! Thank you so much for that! When I sat there, I thought "John would love this place...nobody around..." :-) And when I saw your video about the New England vampires, it came to me, that probably nobody does so many pipe smoking on old graveyards, than we do...LOL Take care! Be well! Mark
For some reason. the beginning silence is not even awkward with this guy. Amazing. So at peace. a bit envious. I am in America. I have such a different vibe. Glad to know this exist.
And this is why I really like this channel, great tobacco at amazing historical sites. Although I always enjoy your videos from the tobacco shop as well.
Hang in...there will be soon another video from Ronny's place! Some new baccys came in... :-) Thanks for taking the time...and most kind words! Truly appreciated! Take care! Be well! Mark
No...I don't. I worked in archeology for a while...and it's all about the context of the remains...not about the things themselves... So...one shouldn't just dig for single items...without the context, they're worthless to science... Take care, my friend! Hope, you are well! Mark
Another wonderful history lesson with a fascinating guided tour. Love your videos for the fact that they take me away from home to places that I might never have been to otherwise I am extremely grateful for your effort and knowledge of history as well as your knowledge of pipe and tobacco related topics.
Love it! Pairing a fine tobacco with a location and a spot of history. Sensory wise puts you in the moment. The Traveling Tobacconist... Let’s put this on CNN or Discovery channel.
Mark, thank you so much for another fascinating video, on site where you make history come alive for us. If you ever write a book of stories and vignettes selected from your knowledge of the creation of Europe, that would be fascinating.
Hello Mark my friend how are you I see your traveling to France I can't tell you how much I appreciate your talk about the history of this country the grounds are so beautiful thank you for a beautiful tour I enjoyed it trumendusly and you are enjoying the Rattrays Marlin Flake sounds awesome take care mark enjoy your stay and safe travels back my friend ☺☺☺☺☺👍👍👍👍👍👍 best regards Peter.
Peter, my friend! Hope, you are well! And everything is just fine! Thank you so much for taking the time...and good words! As always so much appreciated! Take care! Mark
How amazing that those earthworks are still visible after all these centuries! Great stuff Mark! I too have an interest in Medieval history and have thoroughly enjoyed every video you have shared ! The tobacco reviews are good too !
Hello Mark my good friend, good to see some footage from your time in Metz. Really fascinating time, early European history, it is really still on the verge of prehistory and myths, just as history was beginning to be chronicled in the modern sense as we understand it today. Legends and myths have always been important to uphold kingship and rulers of the past....to give them a divine prerogative, whether pagan, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, animist, or Hindu....which is one reason why religion poses a danger to society, by creating institutions of violence. Great review on the Marlin Flake, a straight up VaPer flake with an interesting ingredient, Cavendish, which adds another dimension....a sweetness, as you've said..it sets it apart in some way. Thanks for sharing this, on your own time on Holiday, Take care, and we'll talk soon my friend, Corey
I have to say I look forward to these videos, I could watch them all day long. The history lessons alone are worth it then you add tabacco reviews and great locations on top......excellent.
Thanks for yet another pleasant history lesson Mark . One thing that never ceases to fascinate me about history is the longing for immortality inherent to many rulers and their succession. This fear often brought out the worst in them as the story of the Merovingian dynasty, like many others has shown. We work a lifetime to build a home, family, career, business and in some cases, an empire, always thinking in the very long term, ignoring the undisputed fact that nothing remains the same. Still nowadays, when we get married, we say “forever” but as we know, more than half of marriages end up with a divorce while half of those who do remain married end up miserable for decades. When you mentioned the “husband and wife thing”, the first thing that would come to mind to many is actually “arguing”! I guess what I'm trying to say is that we all waste way too much of the precious time we have worrying about the future and not enough enjoying the present.
Thank you for the history lessons and your sophisticated delivery in your videos. I always look forward to your vids. Cheers to you sir from SPOKANE WA USA!
I havent left a comment for a while. Just want to say i nearly look daily for new videos. I really enjoy them so much. Your a great person and i found always new interesting facts about the past. Thanks for that, and keep going. Take care - Mathias
Thank you so much for that, my friend! Got your mail...just didn't find a minute, to come back at that...sorry...but hang in...I will! Take care! Be well! Mark
My grandparents where well off and spent 25 years on genealogy. A couple rooms were all paperwork. (Before internet). I remember the excitement with the direct lineage back to Merovingian royals. Maybe it’s a common line or lots of descendants, I’m not sure but a good memory as a kid looking at all the papers from Europe and correspondence etc.
I have watched this video days ago and forgot to vrite a comment. Great video Mark. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. You are taking us further in the past every time. Marlin Flake is a very good VA/PER. Enjoy your vacation, Janez
Really interesting video thank you for sharing! There is something about those ruins and especially the grave site that makes me feels a little surreal. Very, very interesting, thanks again!
Fascinating video Mark! Thank you for posting and for taking us back many centuries. Interesting times eh? Agree with you about Marlin Flake, a favourite of mine for many years. I'll be cracking open a tin very soon. Best wishes always, Paul
Mark, This is better than the history channel! Thank you for the history lesson. Also, I personally have in my cellar some jars of Marlin flake. It's one of my top 10.
Another great historical narration mixed with a tobacco review! Also, it is a wonderful meditation on the vanity of power and prestige; what was once great has been dug up, scattered, and torn down. I wonder who will be smoking over our ruined crypts. Better than Gothe's Faustus for such a lesson. Thank you for sharing your travels. Have a wonderful holiday.
Oh, the Marlin Flake... a great tobacco in the Rattray's Va/Per trinity! It's also very interesting to see the how the different political powers in the Middle Ages took advantage of the sites created by previous cultures who inhabited Europe (and even concealed them sometimes), as I guess was this case with the Celts? Take care of yourself and keep posting great videos! Viele Grüße - Héctor
Another fascinating video, Mark! You're really educating me in European history. Thanks for that! I generally need to go check out Wikipaedia, after one of your videos. Or, better yet...make a trip to the library. Hope that you're having a grand time on vacation in France. That Marlin Flake looks quite nice. I've never tried it...but do have an unopened tin of Rattrays Brown Clunee, here. I think that I shall open it now, and read up on the Merovingians. All the best to you, my friend. Thanks again. Ed
Ed, my good friend! Thank you so much for taking the time...and sorry for being such late! It's crazy here these days...so much work...University started...and I'm moving to a new apartment... which means, I have to sort out things, get the rest ready for packing etc... you sure know, how that is... And ... yeah...the Brown Clunee is one of favorites! Hope, you enjoy! Take care, my friend! And be well! Mark
Hello fellow pipe smoker. I also have an interest in ancient history. Here the UK we have some pretty impressive iron age hill forts. You should check them out sometime. I'm living in the heartland of the Iceni whose warrior queen Boudica fought the Romans and sacked London in AD 60. Her capital was Thetford not far from where I live in Cambridge.
Yeah...no doubt about it...there are impressive historical sites in your region! And...yeah...heard about Boudica and her fight...would love, to see these places sometimes! Thanks for watching...and good hint! Take care! Be well! Mark
Hi Mark, once again, a very interesting video. Thanks for that, especially your are in a part of France where I want to go to in my holiday next year. But first, I have to "Babbel" the French Language. I hope, that I can read and talk a few words then. Ok, I have a year for that... let's see.. See you next on your channel and have a good time. Greetings Andreas
Hello Andreas! Thank you so much for taking the time! Hope, you gonna have a great trip to France next year...and don't worry...you'll get through :-) Take care! Be well! Mark
MARK BROTHER!!!! 👍😁 I hope you are having a great vacation my friend! Hope all is well with you.. Going to send you a private message when you get back 👍.. This is an amazing video great job! Take care Mark take care of yourself talk to you soon 👏👏👏
Hello Mark and Thanks for the History lesson,As for Rattrays offering I like the Old Gowrie better,why? Just its a bit lighter,easier in taste,less peppery but more woodsy&earthy, Best Greets, Paul
Hello Paul! Yeah...the Old Gowrie is a classical...no doubt! Was one of the first Rattrays's, I tried...and stick to it for a long time... Thanks for taking the time, my friend! Take care! Be well! Mark
Guten Morgen Mark, for your added information,theres one remarkable British Classic availabe today on deutschen market 'The Mighty St. Bruno Flake,and at last it is cheaper priced here in The EU what its in U.S
I have had a sample of the Marlin Flake its real nice I can live with out the Perique, I have been Choochin a lot of Flake the past 10 days I can't stop choochin the Virginia's , I really enjoyed the History Lesson great video , hit me up on Voxer and keep on choochin my friend
Hi Mark, I come back to this older video because I'm going to stay at the Vieux Moulin again this summer, and would like to visit the Merowingian graveyard myself. So could you please tell me where exactly in the Metz-Nancy-area it's located? Your help would be very much appreciated! Be well, and kind regards!
I enjoy watching all your videos, but this one stood as as particularly interesting. I believe you make tampers, are these for sale and how might I acquire one? Best regards, Norbert
Hello Norbert! Thank you so much for taking the time...and good words! Truly appreciated! And...no, unfortunately I can't sell any tampers...it's just a hobby...and I (sadly) don't find any time for that in the moment...sorry... Take care! Hope, you are well! Mark
You have a great skill at these videos, to keep it interesting for forty minutes, unique approach and ability and very well done as always! Say, do these ancient bloodline families like the Merovingians still have influence and power in our society today?
Thank you so much for watching...and most kind words! So much appreciated! Well...there are no Merovingians left...but noble families like the Guelfs still have influence on politics...since they are still very powerful landowners... There will be a video about the Guelfs...soon.. Take care! Be well! Mark
Mark, yet again a great video - thank you. I think it is truly considerate of you to share your vacation / time / history with us. I really look forward to the 'lecture' each week. Do you use these videos for educational purposes as well ? Thanx again and may God bless Jim
Hello Jim, my friend! Thank you so much for taking the time...and very kind words! Well...indeed, I showed the video about the "Asseburg" once ...just to show the spot... But that was an exception... :-) Take care! Be well! Mark
So glad to see this, thanks for sharing. The myth is based on the fact that The Merovingian were the original Atlanteans ie. Mermen/women. 🔱 They were not beasts by any means, that is just the typical dis their enemy put on them, as they do every single time. The Merovingian are the Eternal Ones, The Good. If you know about what the Earth is and what the evil ones do, then you understand deeper into the why of it all. The Merovingian are the rightful owners of the Earth which had been unlawfully stolen from them. Adam/Eve were Merovingian and will soon claim back The Earth & Universe. The Merovingian are still here today, but via the Matriarch rather than Patriarch line. ✨🐝✨
Coming back to this great video to ask you a question on Marlin flake (which is on my personal top blends). Have you tried the K&K version of the Old London by Robert McConnell? The company states that the orientals of the original version have been replaced by black Cavendish and to my taste it is the same with Marlin flake. Would be very interested in hearing your opinion. Thanks again for your always interesting and thoughtful content.
Thank you so much for that... and a very interesting question! To be honest... it's been a while now, since I had another bowl of Marlin Flake... but thanks to your hint, I gonna go for a fresh tin soon... and try out myself... Hope you're well and take care! Mark
Fantastic video! Fortunately, interest in the middle ages is on the increase and very few people refer to those times as the "Dark Ages" any more. Modern people cannot relate to that feudal lifestyle, even though the world was not rid of it until 1861. (Many Americans are still in denial about that, but the Russians will give you chapter-and-verse.) 18:13 LOOK AT THAT! That roof is made of the Roman (nearly) flat arch. Still holding up, too. It could be a bakery oven, but with the rest of the altered topography, it could have been an emergency storage space for relics and books. This was only a generation or two after the Vikings had been integrated into Eurpoean society. 19:43 Here you can see that the Roman style of wall building was still being used - stacked flat rock outside, rubble and concrete in the middle. Probably the rest of the structure was wood. I think this was probably a monestary, not a church as people think of one today. Those cells at 22:30 are a giveaway, along with the high location. 37:00 And roaming Germanic tribes!
Thank you so much for taking the time...and very interesting comment! And...yes...agreed to nearly all, you mentioned! Just...the world didn't really get rid of "feudal lifestyle"...this system worked by passing on money, property and influence over the life of people to the next generation ... until countries were dominated by just a handful of families...and sons followed their fathers in reign...and they even sometimes had the same first name... :-) Take care! Always an honor, to have you here! Mark
Fascinating stuff Mark! I always love the history videos!
Hello John!
Thank you so much for that! When I sat there, I thought "John would love this place...nobody around..." :-) And when I saw your video about the New England vampires, it came to me, that probably nobody does so many pipe smoking on old graveyards, than we do...LOL
Take care! Be well!
Mark
What a chance, I have to read some parts of Gregory of Tour right now for a lecture
Fantastic to see these places out of this time
Thanks for taking the time! And...yeah...Gregory of Tour is always worth reading!
Take care! Hope, you are well!
Mark
For some reason. the beginning silence is not even awkward with this guy. Amazing. So at peace. a bit envious. I am in America. I have such a different vibe. Glad to know this exist.
And this is why I really like this channel, great tobacco at amazing historical sites. Although I always enjoy your videos from the tobacco shop as well.
Hang in...there will be soon another video from Ronny's place! Some new baccys came in... :-)
Thanks for taking the time...and most kind words! Truly appreciated!
Take care! Be well!
Mark
Christopher Watt Mark if laws allow and you have the time,did you ever think of getting a metal detector?
thanks thanks for the video.
Ditto!
No...I don't. I worked in archeology for a while...and it's all about the context of the remains...not about the things themselves... So...one shouldn't just dig for single items...without the context, they're worthless to science...
Take care, my friend! Hope, you are well!
Mark
Another wonderful history lesson with a fascinating guided tour. Love your videos for the fact that they take me away from home to places that I might never have been to otherwise I am extremely grateful for your effort and knowledge of history as well as your knowledge of pipe and tobacco related topics.
Another great video. So very interesting and made me look up information on the Merovingian.
Great video!! Thanks for taking us with you.
Love it! Pairing a fine tobacco with a location and a spot of history. Sensory wise puts you in the moment. The Traveling Tobacconist... Let’s put this on CNN or Discovery channel.
Mark, thank you so much for another fascinating video, on site where you make history come alive for us. If you ever write a book of stories and vignettes selected from your knowledge of the creation of Europe, that would be fascinating.
Thank you so much for that, my friend! So much appreciated!
Take care! And be well!
Mark
Another great video! Thank you sir for the education and taking the time to share!
Learning about tobacco and History with a great narrative. Thank you
Hello Mark my friend how are you I see your traveling to France I can't tell you how much I appreciate your talk about the history of this country the grounds are so beautiful thank you for a beautiful tour I enjoyed it trumendusly and you are enjoying the Rattrays Marlin Flake sounds awesome take care mark enjoy your stay and safe travels back my friend ☺☺☺☺☺👍👍👍👍👍👍 best regards Peter.
Peter, my friend!
Hope, you are well! And everything is just fine!
Thank you so much for taking the time...and good words! As always so much appreciated!
Take care!
Mark
Another great video! Always first class and well done. Informative, interesting, great location, etc. Greatly appreciate your post!
I love your channel. My wife often joins me to see the amazing places you take us and for the history lesson. Thank you very much and God. Bless.
Thank you so much for that! All the best for you...and your wife!
Take care! And God bless!
Mark
Very interesting ! I love European history
Thanks for a epic video,you have surpassed your own mark.Good smoke and take care.
Thank you so much for that! Really so much appreciated!
Take care! Be well!
Mark
Wow! I needed this. Great content, that will never be too old.
Very festive mark. Thank you for sharing. Have a good one.
Thanks for that!
Take care!
Mark
Great video Marc, I really enjoy your visits and discussions on the places you visit. Keep up the great videos .
Gene Stark
Thank you so much for that! Really appreciated!
Take care! Be well!
Mark
Kvituji a zdravím! 👍🍺
Amazing Mark, thank you.
The Christopher Walkiin, Christian Slater, Johm Wayne, Simon Schama, Jonny Depp and Albert Einstein of tobaccos. Love you man.
Wonderful educational and entertaining work
How amazing that those earthworks are still visible after all these centuries! Great stuff Mark! I too have an interest in Medieval history and have thoroughly enjoyed every video you have shared ! The tobacco reviews are good too !
Thank you so much for taking the time...and most kind words! really so much appreciated!
Hope, you are well! And take care!
Mark
Love your story telling
Excellent video! Thank you sir!
Hello Mark my good friend, good to see some footage from your time in Metz.
Really fascinating time, early European history, it is really still on the verge of prehistory and myths, just as history was beginning to be chronicled in the modern sense as we understand it today. Legends and myths have always been important to uphold kingship and rulers of the past....to give them a divine prerogative, whether pagan, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, animist, or Hindu....which is one reason why religion poses a danger to society, by creating institutions of violence.
Great review on the Marlin Flake, a straight up VaPer flake with an interesting ingredient, Cavendish, which adds another dimension....a sweetness, as you've said..it sets it apart in some way.
Thanks for sharing this, on your own time on Holiday,
Take care, and we'll talk soon my friend,
Corey
Corey, my friend!
Thank you so much for that! Really so much appreciated!
Take care! We'll talk soon!
Mark
Mark good to see you. GREAT! video. Very interesting. Love the history lessons. Thanks for sharing. Enjoy your vacation. Be safe. Take care.
Nikko, my friend!
Thanks for that! So much appreciated!
Take care!
Mark
I love your video's man...Keep em comin' please...Thanks...
I will! Thank you so much for taking the time, my friend! Appreciated by heart!
Take care! Be well!
Mark
I have to say I look forward to these videos, I could watch them all day long. The history lessons alone are worth it then you add tabacco reviews and great locations on top......excellent.
Very smart looking pipe.
And that was another amazing trip into history! Thanks for that, Mark!
Thanks for that, my friend!
Take care! Be well!
Mark
Great video Mark! The location is really intriguing and the stories you tell about it, are amazing. Thanks for sharing, and take care.
-Joshua
Thank you so much for that! really so much appreciated!
Take care! Be well!
Mark
I really enjoy watch your video,thanks and keep sharing
God bless you brother keep choosing
Thanks for yet another pleasant history lesson Mark . One thing that never ceases to fascinate me about history is the longing for immortality inherent to many rulers and their succession. This fear often brought out the worst in them as the story of the Merovingian dynasty, like many others has shown.
We work a lifetime to build a home, family, career, business and in some cases, an empire, always thinking in the very long term, ignoring the undisputed fact that nothing remains the same. Still nowadays, when we get married, we say “forever” but as we know, more than half of marriages end up with a divorce while half of those who do remain married end up miserable for decades. When you mentioned the “husband and wife thing”, the first thing that would come to mind to many is actually “arguing”! I guess what I'm trying to say is that we all waste way too much of the precious time we have worrying about the future and not enough enjoying the present.
History, pipes, and tobacco. Can it get any better? Great video, Mark.
Glad I found this. Thank you!
Thank you for the history lessons and your sophisticated delivery in your videos. I always look forward to your vids.
Cheers to you sir from SPOKANE WA USA!
I love your channel and the smoke
I havent left a comment for a while. Just want to say i nearly look daily for new videos. I really enjoy them so much. Your a great person and i found always new interesting facts about the past.
Thanks for that, and keep going. Take care - Mathias
Hello Mathias!
Thank you so much for that! Really appreciated!
Take care! Hope, you are well!
Mark
Thanks for the journey/history Mark! Really appreciate all the effort you put into these vids👍🏾
Thank you so much for that, my friend! Really appreciated!
Take care! Be well!
Mark
Hay mark thanks for another video mist seeing them hope your trip wus greate
Thank you so much for that, my friend!
Got your mail...just didn't find a minute, to come back at that...sorry...but hang in...I will!
Take care! Be well!
Mark
Thank you, and thank you for all you hard work 😓
Thanks for watching! And take care!
Mark
Btw, hello from Durango, Colorado 💨💨💨
Excellent video!! I hope you had a wonderful vacation!
Mark I always enjoy your history vids, as usual great entertainment. Oh and the tobacco reviews. Thanks
Thank you so much, my friend! Really appreciated!
Take care! Hope, you are well!
Mark
My grandparents where well off and spent 25 years on genealogy. A couple rooms were all paperwork. (Before internet). I remember the excitement with the direct lineage back to Merovingian royals. Maybe it’s a common line or lots of descendants, I’m not sure but a good memory as a kid looking at all the papers from Europe and correspondence etc.
This was really great. Great filming, insightful, and just full of history. I'll have to try the Marlin Flake now.
I have watched this video days ago and forgot to vrite a comment. Great video Mark. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. You are taking us further in the past every time. Marlin Flake is a very good VA/PER. Enjoy your vacation, Janez
Hello Janez!
Thank you so much for that! Really so much appreciated!
Take care! Hope, you are well!
Mark
Really interesting video thank you for sharing! There is something about those ruins and especially the grave site that makes me feels a little surreal. Very, very interesting, thanks again!
Love your pipe smoking, history tours!
Thank you for posting!
Fascinating video Mark! Thank you for posting and for taking us back many centuries. Interesting times eh? Agree with you about Marlin Flake, a favourite of mine for many years. I'll be cracking open a tin very soon.
Best wishes always,
Paul
Hello Paul!
Thanks for that! And...yeah..."interesting times" in many ways...and "simple" in some ways too...
Take care! Hope, you are well!
Mark
I'm well thank you Mark. Looking forward to your review of the Peterson 2017 Christmas Blend! I hope one is imminent!
Best,
Paul
Jesus, I thought my family were bad ! A great history lesson Mark, thank you so much. I must try the tobacco too. Kieran
Kieran, my friend!
Thank you so much for taking the time!
Hope, you are well! And take care!
Mark
Incredibly interesting! You never disappoint me with your videos.
Mark, This is better than the history channel! Thank you for the history lesson. Also, I personally have in my cellar some jars of Marlin flake. It's one of my top 10.
Hello Felix!
Thank you so much for taking the time and most kind words! Means a lot!
Take care! Hope, you are well!
Mark
Fascinating
Another great historical narration mixed with a tobacco review! Also, it is a wonderful meditation on the vanity of power and prestige; what was once great has been dug up, scattered, and torn down. I wonder who will be smoking over our ruined crypts. Better than Gothe's Faustus for such a lesson. Thank you for sharing your travels. Have a wonderful holiday.
Hello Todd, my friend!
Thank you so much for taking the time...and most kind words! So much appreciated!
Take care! Be well!
Mark
Amazing video as always Mark. You never fail to interest and entertain me. Enjoy your vacation my friend!
Thank you so much for that! Really so much appreciated!
Take care!
Mark
Fantastic!
Great video Mark as always. Very interesting history. I had some ancestors that cam from just over the Border in Saarbrücken!
Hello Scott!
Thanks for taking the time...and kind words! Always good, to have you here!
Hope, you are well! And take care!
Mark
Very interesting, will have to give the Rattrays a try.
Thanks for that!
Take care!
Mark
Wow what an awesome video!
Smoked some Marlin Flake in my Bones today......great tobacco.....thx for sharing
History and pipes ?
Sign me up !
Fascinating history and ruins.
Educational and entertaining! Never heard about this family, going to do further research for sure ;)
Oh, the Marlin Flake... a great tobacco in the Rattray's Va/Per trinity! It's also very interesting to see the how the different political powers in the Middle Ages took advantage of the sites created by previous cultures who inhabited Europe (and even concealed them sometimes), as I guess was this case with the Celts? Take care of yourself and keep posting great videos! Viele Grüße - Héctor
Hello Hector!
Thank you so much for taking the time...and interesting comment!
Take care!
Mark
Fascinating video Mark! I would love to have been there with one of my Cameras! Smoke well!
First pipe review i've seen i didn't skip one single second of.
Thank you so much for that! Much appreciated!
Take care! Be well!
Mark
Blood of the Beast! hahahaha. What an awesome place and story. Cheers
Those are some badass Ruines.
There is nothing more relaxing than a pipe in a graveyard 👍👍
Yep! LOL
Thanks for taking the time!
Take care!
Mark
Great video and nice pipe! I enjoyed it. M.
Mark, I would really be interested in your current top favorite blends today.
Another fascinating video, Mark! You're really educating me in European history. Thanks for that! I generally need to go check out Wikipaedia, after one of your videos. Or, better yet...make a trip to the library. Hope that you're having a grand time on vacation in France. That Marlin Flake looks quite nice. I've never tried it...but do have an unopened tin of Rattrays Brown Clunee, here. I think that I shall open it now, and read up on the Merovingians. All the best to you, my friend. Thanks again. Ed
Ed, my good friend!
Thank you so much for taking the time...and sorry for being such late! It's crazy here these days...so much work...University started...and I'm moving to a new apartment... which means, I have to sort out things, get the rest ready for packing etc... you sure know, how that is...
And ... yeah...the Brown Clunee is one of favorites! Hope, you enjoy!
Take care, my friend! And be well!
Mark
very nice Pipe
Thank you for the video .bronze age is really really my thing
Excellent
Hello fellow pipe smoker. I also have an interest in ancient history. Here the UK we have some pretty impressive iron age hill forts. You should check them out sometime. I'm living in the heartland of the Iceni whose warrior queen Boudica fought the Romans and sacked London in AD 60. Her capital was Thetford not far from where I live in Cambridge.
Yeah...no doubt about it...there are impressive historical sites in your region! And...yeah...heard about Boudica and her fight...would love, to see these places sometimes!
Thanks for watching...and good hint! Take care! Be well!
Mark
Hi Mark,
once again, a very interesting video. Thanks for that, especially your are in a part of France where I want to go to in my holiday next year. But first, I have to "Babbel" the French Language. I hope, that I can read and talk a few words then. Ok, I have a year for that... let's see..
See you next on your channel and have a good time.
Greetings
Andreas
Hello Andreas!
Thank you so much for taking the time! Hope, you gonna have a great trip to France next year...and don't worry...you'll get through :-)
Take care! Be well!
Mark
MARK BROTHER!!!! 👍😁 I hope you are having a great vacation my friend! Hope all is well with you.. Going to send you a private message when you get back 👍.. This is an amazing video great job! Take care Mark take care of yourself talk to you soon 👏👏👏
Brad, brother!
Thank you so much for that! We'll talk soon! Hope, your back is getting better! Hang in!
Take care! And be well!
Mark
Bremen Pipe Smoker Mark thank you brother I'm getting there slow but sure.. Hope everything is going well with you my friend see you soon be well 😁😁👍👍
I like you channel... thank you for showing us some amazing places you visit....were do you order you meerschaum pipes from?
Thanks for the tour. Very interesting stories. Do you teach history?
Ever try the Wilshire blend from the Tinder Box in California? Great Cavendish.
Thanks for the tour. Beautiful country
Hello Mark and Thanks for the History lesson,As for Rattrays offering I like the Old Gowrie better,why? Just its a bit lighter,easier in taste,less peppery but more woodsy&earthy, Best Greets, Paul
Hello Paul!
Yeah...the Old Gowrie is a classical...no doubt! Was one of the first Rattrays's, I tried...and stick to it for a long time...
Thanks for taking the time, my friend!
Take care! Be well!
Mark
Guten Morgen Mark, for your added information,theres one remarkable British Classic availabe today on deutschen market 'The Mighty St. Bruno Flake,and at last it is cheaper priced here in The EU what its in U.S
thanks
I have had a sample of the Marlin Flake its real nice I can live with out the Perique, I have been Choochin a lot of Flake the past 10 days I can't stop choochin the Virginia's , I really enjoyed the History Lesson great video , hit me up on Voxer and keep on choochin my friend
Thank you so much for that, my good friend!
Let's talk soon, brother! And keep on choochin!
Mark
Cool!
Hi Mark, I come back to this older video because I'm going to stay at the Vieux Moulin again this summer, and would like to visit the Merowingian graveyard myself. So could you please tell me where exactly in the Metz-Nancy-area it's located? Your help would be very much appreciated! Be well, and kind regards!
Great Place. Next Time you are in Nancy contact me. We'll share some Tobacco.
I will! Thanks for watching... and take care!
Mark
I enjoy watching all your videos, but this one stood as as particularly interesting. I believe you make tampers, are these for sale and how might I acquire one? Best regards,
Norbert
Hello Norbert!
Thank you so much for taking the time...and good words! Truly appreciated!
And...no, unfortunately I can't sell any tampers...it's just a hobby...and I (sadly) don't find any time for that in the moment...sorry...
Take care! Hope, you are well!
Mark
You have a great skill at these videos, to keep it interesting for forty minutes, unique approach and ability and very well done as always! Say, do these ancient bloodline families like the Merovingians still have influence and power in our society today?
Thank you so much for watching...and most kind words! So much appreciated!
Well...there are no Merovingians left...but noble families like the Guelfs still have influence on politics...since they are still very powerful landowners... There will be a video about the Guelfs...soon..
Take care! Be well!
Mark
Mark, yet again a great video - thank you. I think it is truly considerate of you to share your vacation / time / history with us. I really look forward to the 'lecture' each week. Do you use these videos for educational purposes as well ?
Thanx again and may God bless
Jim
Hello Jim, my friend!
Thank you so much for taking the time...and very kind words!
Well...indeed, I showed the video about the "Asseburg" once ...just to show the spot... But that was an exception... :-)
Take care! Be well!
Mark
Very good tobacco.
Great vid as always 👍
So glad to see this, thanks for sharing. The myth is based on the fact that The Merovingian were the original Atlanteans ie. Mermen/women. 🔱 They were not beasts by any means, that is just the typical dis their enemy put on them, as they do every single time.
The Merovingian are the Eternal Ones, The Good. If you know about what the Earth is and what the evil ones do, then you understand deeper into the why of it all. The Merovingian are the rightful owners of the Earth which had been unlawfully stolen from them. Adam/Eve were Merovingian and will soon claim back The Earth & Universe. The Merovingian are still here today, but via the Matriarch rather than Patriarch line. ✨🐝✨
Hello can you teach me about the Merovingian
Coming back to this great video to ask you a question on Marlin flake (which is on my personal top blends). Have you tried the K&K version of the Old London by Robert McConnell? The company states that the orientals of the original version have been replaced by black Cavendish and to my taste it is the same with Marlin flake. Would be very interested in hearing your opinion. Thanks again for your always interesting and thoughtful content.
Thank you so much for that... and a very interesting question!
To be honest... it's been a while now, since I had another bowl of Marlin Flake... but thanks to your hint, I gonna go for a fresh tin soon... and try out myself...
Hope you're well and take care!
Mark
Looks like there could be wild boar roaming around a place like that. Do you ever take a sidearm with you?
Fantastic video! Fortunately, interest in the middle ages is on the increase and very few people refer to those times as the "Dark Ages" any more. Modern people cannot relate to that feudal lifestyle, even though the world was not rid of it until 1861. (Many Americans are still in denial about that, but the Russians will give you chapter-and-verse.)
18:13 LOOK AT THAT! That roof is made of the Roman (nearly) flat arch. Still holding up, too. It could be a bakery oven, but with the rest of the altered topography, it could have been an emergency storage space for relics and books. This was only a generation or two after the Vikings had been integrated into Eurpoean society.
19:43 Here you can see that the Roman style of wall building was still being used - stacked flat rock outside, rubble and concrete in the middle. Probably the rest of the structure was wood.
I think this was probably a monestary, not a church as people think of one today. Those cells at 22:30 are a giveaway, along with the high location.
37:00 And roaming Germanic tribes!
Thank you so much for taking the time...and very interesting comment!
And...yes...agreed to nearly all, you mentioned! Just...the world didn't really get rid of "feudal lifestyle"...this system worked by passing on money, property and influence over the life of people to the next generation ... until countries were dominated by just a handful of families...and sons followed their fathers in reign...and they even sometimes had the same first name... :-)
Take care! Always an honor, to have you here!
Mark
The feudal system is still alive and kicking to this day.
If you ever get a chance, smoke that with paulener doppelbock.