Our family history as told in our family album, part 2
Carsten Burmeister ... born 1947
the years up to age 26
Carsten with his Mum and Dad in 1947
Wilhelm and Elly Burmeister
Carsten and his Mum
Carsten at 11 months, in 1948
Carsten and little brother Thomas
My holidays visiting aunty Irmi, Mutti's sister,
at country estate "Rechetsberg" in Bavaria
Baron and Baroness von Donner (von 'Thunder')
aunt Irmi was the estate secretary
helping with the hay harvest, driving the Unimog
I was 12 years old and earned 2 Marks an hour
Carsten is 11 or 12, Thomas is 8
at my brother's confirmation (into Protestantism - Lutheranism)
myself, I excommunicated myself soon after my confirmation
see my essay MISSIONARIES in my book
Carsten is 20, Thomas 2.5 years younger
the band days, around 1968
Carsten's girlfriends in Germany
Carsten with his boss, Klaus Ohlenforst
the photographer in Düsseldorf who taught me,
probably in 1970 (the year Jimi Hendrix died)
and shortly before I moved to Amsterdam
I lived in Amsterdam for two years
and then travelled in 1972/73
with Saskia Kouwenberg ...
... who, when I met her, was the gorilla keeper
at Amsterdam zoo
Following some snapshots from our epic trip
with the Landrover he managed to get away
from wild elephants
below more details about my epic journey