Some of these days - Erwig-Herwig 2007
Some of these days - Bob Erwig-Rob Herwig 2007
On our trip through France we stayed in several French chateaux. In the Chateau-Les-Hauts in St Jean de Thomas near Mont St Michel in Normandy Ilse and I were joined by Rob Herwig and his wife Karen. Rob used to play piano in one of our earliest bands more than 50 years ago in the Netherlands. Rob had become a famous author on gardening and houseplants and wrote more than 70 books translated in some 20 languages. We had not seen him for all that time but a week earlier he was part of a reunion of our band. Rob and his wife now live in the Pyrenees and from the Netherlands on their way home they decided to join us for a few days and we spent time to visit Mont St Michel. The beautiful Chateau-Les-Hauts was reconstructed in the 19th century on the ashes of a medieval castle. It is furnished with mostly antiques and it features large bedrooms, many with balconies, and ensuite bathrooms. In the living room there was a large grand piano and Rob and I could not resist to give it a little try. Our hostess, Mme Suzanne Leroy, offered us a warm-up drink, a local home made calvados which we tasted with certain reservations. She liked jazz and had hosted other jazz musicians in her castle as well.
We played 'Some of these days' and our efforts were filmed both by Ilse and Karen.
http://www.au-chateau.com/LesHauts.htm
http://www.librarything.com/author/herwigrob
On our trip through France we stayed in several French chateaux. In the Chateau-Les-Hauts in St Jean de Thomas near Mont St Michel in Normandy Ilse and I were joined by Rob Herwig and his wife Karen. Rob used to play piano in one of our earliest bands more than 50 years ago in the Netherlands. Rob had become a famous author on gardening and houseplants and wrote more than 70 books translated in some 20 languages. We had not seen him for all that time but a week earlier he was part of a reunion of our band. Rob and his wife now live in the Pyrenees and from the Netherlands on their way home they decided to join us for a few days and we spent time to visit Mont St Michel. The beautiful Chateau-Les-Hauts was reconstructed in the 19th century on the ashes of a medieval castle. It is furnished with mostly antiques and it features large bedrooms, many with balconies, and ensuite bathrooms. In the living room there was a large grand piano and Rob and I could not resist to give it a little try. Our hostess, Mme Suzanne Leroy, offered us a warm-up drink, a local home made calvados which we tasted with certain reservations. She liked jazz and had hosted other jazz musicians in her castle as well.
We played 'Some of these days' and our efforts were filmed both by Ilse and Karen.
http://www.au-chateau.com/LesHauts.htm
http://www.librarything.com/author/herwigrob
21-04-2008
