Some photos from past and present

 


Photo: courtesy of Michael Funke

 My place of birth and home town

This is where I spent most of my childhood and early youth years. The house is located in Germanys province of Saxony near the Czech border in a picturesque 3000 sole inhabited village named Graupa. In the early 19th century it became famous for Germanys great composer Richard Wagner who was enticed here to write a part of his most popular composition– the opera Lohengrin (more in German). The village is also near the Elbe river valley and its spectacular sediment rock formations that stretch into the Czech republic.


The perfect campsite - Charlston Lake Provincial Park, Ontario


Sunset over the ST. Laurent river near Riviere du Loop, Quebec


Herring cove, Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick

From there we went to Kouchibouguac National Park.


Salt water swamp near Kouchibouguac river, New Brunswick


Kelly's beach, New Brunswick

Summer 2002

We went to the Canadian Atlantic coast. Our trip took us through the provinces of Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick. 


Charlston Lake Provincial Park past sundown, Ontario

Now arrived at the Bay of Fundy, below one can see the fishing boats almost on the ocean floor as the tides reach magnitudes of more than six meters.


Fishing boats in Alma, Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick


My family in Alma

 


A sunset in Kouchibouguac National Park, New Brunswick

 

Summer 1999

These pictures were taken in summer of 1999. We (my two kids, then at age 14/12 and me) went to Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) for a couple of terrific days in the sun surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean. P.E.I is Canada’s smallest province and known for their seemingly endless potato crop fields.

  

Last revised: Dec. 12, 2004