Over the years Bob and Helge visited their good friends Ulla and Eberhardt Heusler many times, often taking Hermione with them. They enjoyed their visits so much, that they eventually bought a small holiday home in the nearby Sennecé-Lès-Mâcon.

It started with Helge who followed ancestral "wanderlust" to a Calvados chateau, a Riviera Beach and Ste. Maxine slopes and ended the quest in 1963 in England. Strange news came then from the Isle of Wight : A female employee dropped a dinner plate in a hotel kitchen, a heavy reprimand followed, a fellow employee of the pre-Woodstock era, sent a pile of protest plates to the floor. Immediate dismissal followed. The two culprits got married several month later in November 1963 by a reverend Stringer (as far as I know). I had final examinations and could not attend the wedding.

I met him a handful of times

Much less than I wanted - yay expected

We talked of jazz and bebop