Travel #gardenjournal, Argolis-Greece

Where there is earth, there is home. And #gardenjournal :)
A bit different than what I have done before, but this corner of Hive has revealed so many different places and plants to me, so much magic, that it seemed like a good idea to share with you a corner of the world, probably unknown to many of you. This is the place that we spent the last 1,5 months with @fotostef.

_{View of part of the city of Nafplio and Bourtzi fortress.}

The original plan was to be away for 10 days, short vacation, but making plans is always funny at the end :)
Returning after such long period at the garden (and not only) means that chaos, real chaos, waited for us. But this is not the theme for this post, I am not ready to deal with it yet :)) Cause being away also means that we spent half of the springtime in a very beautiful place and we had the chance to observe and experience a different landscape around. New smells, sounds and images for @fotostef, well-known to me from my childhood since this is the place I grew up.

_{View of almost the whole city of Nafplio and Palamidi fortress.}

---

Let me start by saying that Argolis, the region where my hometown belongs, is one of the biggest orange producers in Greece. What does this mean in May? The scent of the orange blossoms is all around. I guess it also has to do with memories, but this smell makes me deeply happy!

They are so beautiful and elegant!

The winter was hard (yes, I know I keep telling this, but it was unusually hard, haha!) and many orange trees didn't make it, the blossoming as well has been affected, so it was nice seeing these little fellows coming to life as the days were passing by.

---

The region combines sea, flat land, but also impressive mountains.

---

Back to the plants! Plenty of pomegranates and tangerine trees.

---

Aloe vera!

---

Countless poppies!

---

Wild lavender, rock-roses and so many herbs that I didn't take photos of them.

---

Many people live from agriculture. Especially where the land is flat, more people earn their main income from cultivating almost everything, lettuce and broccoli to potatoes and artichokes (another famous cultivation of the area and fields that are close to the sea).

_{What a beauty!}

---

The apricots were still green when we got there, but we stayed enough time to taste them too :)

---

Olive trees of course! Can you recognize this tree as an olive tree with so many flowers on it? It is a great year for the olives! At least till now :)
We were mesmerized by this lonely cutie at the corner of an artichoke field.

_{@fotostef modeling without knowing :)}

The flowers on many trees were covered with something like cotton (Euphyllura olivina is the name of the not so serious disease).

Someone really enjoys getting it all over him. Can you guess who? Not @fotostef!

He looks regretful, but is he? Believe me, nope!

---

Time to close this post and I couldn't miss prickly pears that are just everywhere around Nafplio!

---

Oh, and some more flowers!

---

Time to stop! Oh my, I have so many more photos, haha!
It feels good to be back after a while and sitting in front of my laptop, which I have weirdly missed :) Apologies to everyone for not having replied to their messages or commented to some awesome posts (I was reading them though!).

---

But hey, where is this place called Argolis? Right here :)

_source

---

Happy gardening everyone! Open eyes and open hearts, beauty is all around!

---

---

All the pictures and the words are mine.

If you would like to know more about me this is my introduction post!