Crete, May 2014


 By ferry from Venice to Patras and then from Pireus to Heraklion. We have four weeks!
On the way from Patras to Athens we squeezed in a short visit to Delphi.
Olivegrove of Itea
On Crete we first went south to Matala.

Matala


We were just in time to see the last orchids of this spring!



gewöhnliche Schlangenwurz



Olivenblüte


Zitat J.C. Juncker: "Wer an Europa zweifelt, ja verzweifelt,  sollte Soldatenfriedhöfe besuchen"
"Who has doubts about Europe or finds it hopeless, should visit war cemeteries."
Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof
Air Force Celebration at Maleme, May 22nd, 72 years after the German invasion
Old Olive tree at Vouves



Paddling near Falssarna
Nasenschrecke
Greenfinch, very green in the evening light
Mittelmeer Steinschmätzer, Black-earedWheatear
female
Alpine Swift
drinking in the only permanent river in Crete near Aghia Galini
Rock Thrush

Skink, ??
Mittelmeermöwe



Siegwurz

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