Cyprus - Acheleia walk

 I have been able to successfully drive past the florist shop and nursery at the bottom of the hill for nearly a month now .

Then the car stopped of it's own volition. I decided I would just buy some fresh herbs ...... failed again.

The Wednesday walk was totally flat, around the agricultural fields behind the Paphos Airport.

Not a lot happening at the airport, at this time of year, but in the summer, Jimmy tells me, it is like an anthill of people.

It is obviously a very fertile area

and we were occasionally forced to make our way around, or through, large muddy puddles due to broken irrigation pipes.

An Avocado tree in bloom.

If Pomegranates aren't picked in time they burst

and then are hollowed out by birds or insects.

A flock of turkeys were offended by our route and hurried to tell us. Luckily we turned on to a different path at this point.

Olives, such a variety of crops here.

Wheat

Every now and then I see a composition that I might like to paint.

Unusual here ..... a running stream.

Lots of oranges and lemons. Here we did a little "scrumping" and they were a little tart but otherwise delicious and refreshing.

Truly

"free range"

After the walk, it's always a taverna or restaurant for lunch. This one beside the village church.

It's a challenge to eat vegetarian here but I had a pepper stuffed with feta and a trilogy of fried mushrooms over lettuce. This photo shows what you get when you order a pork chop...huge.