May 2006
In May of 2006 we took an ElderTreks Bus/Hiking tour of Greece. We came home with over 2000 photos, of which over 500 were of the Greek wild flowers which were in full bloom. As we left our tour companions, we promised that eventually we would post some of the best pictures on our website when we got home. Now, after almost a year here they are.
Our biggest problem was trying to find names for most of the flowers and putting them on the photos. In early march of 2007 I made a presentation of "Wild Flowers of Greece" to our local Calgary Rock and Alpine Garden Society (CRAGS). You can see their web site at <crags.ca>. These are a selection of some of the best of the 161 photos I prepared for that slide show.
One note of caution for flower officianados: I am a newbie when it comes to naming wild flowers from another continent. I found a very useful set of web pages with names and pictures (http://www.meditflora.com/erbacee.htm )but it is very risky to try to name flowers from pictures alone. As a result any expert botanist who sees these photos will soon know that many of the names on these photos are SWAGS: "Semi - educated wild ass guesses"
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 These 3pictures were taken by Gulin Pazaroglu |
 who was our Turkish tour director on our Greek Eldertreks hiking tour |
 This is a typical trail that we took in the Greek Islands. Ross was always the last one on the trail "Riding Drag" |
A quote from an
email I got from Gulin with her pictures:
<>It really is
unforgettable for me. "You made me remember all those moments again Ross. "I was just thinking which parts I remember most from some trips I made to Greece and Libya.. And I find myself
among flowers
walking peacefully down the valleys. It really was
wonderful."
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