Kea is quite barren, but we are staying in a place with a garden full of flowers including roses and carnations and many trees; mandarin, lemon, lime, olive (of course,everywhere), almond, fig. The owner is a keen gardener.
On a walk where we were going the wrong way, Pete realised that the purple flowering shrub I ludicrously thought was heather was actually wild thyme. Abundant everywhere, as is oregano. Luckily on this walk, we were told by 2 workmen in their truck who kindly stopped ( obviously knowing that we were bonkers heading down a red dust road in searing heat ) that we were not going to end up where we hoped in Poles bay and at the ruins in Karthea. They redirected us and eventually we found the right path, but after 15minutes of uneven and steep downward trekking, I decided that an hour there and whatever it took back up was annoyingly going to do for me and my knees, so we abandoned the idea.
This path was lined with sage plants, gorgeous.
We ate at our apartment with a singing neighbour accompanying our al fresco dining - she'd obviously had a good day. Salad dressing made with lemon from the garden, lamb with mint from the garden. Goats watching from next door!
On a walk where we were going the wrong way, Pete realised that the purple flowering shrub I ludicrously thought was heather was actually wild thyme. Abundant everywhere, as is oregano. Luckily on this walk, we were told by 2 workmen in their truck who kindly stopped ( obviously knowing that we were bonkers heading down a red dust road in searing heat ) that we were not going to end up where we hoped in Poles bay and at the ruins in Karthea. They redirected us and eventually we found the right path, but after 15minutes of uneven and steep downward trekking, I decided that an hour there and whatever it took back up was annoyingly going to do for me and my knees, so we abandoned the idea.
This path was lined with sage plants, gorgeous.
We ate at our apartment with a singing neighbour accompanying our al fresco dining - she'd obviously had a good day. Salad dressing made with lemon from the garden, lamb with mint from the garden. Goats watching from next door!
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