After the great Portugal trip series (you can find links to all 10 posts in that one), it is hard to get back to writing these "ordinary" walk posts from my neighborhood... I mean, I do live in a beautiful area and there are a lot of great sights around, but it's a different "feeling" when you are exploring the unknown territory... 😃 So, it will be hard to beat that Portugal series, but the life goes on... until the next big trip... Until then, I will show you my "living area"...
As I live at the "end" of the urban part of my town, I don't need to walk a lot to go into the "wild"... It's not the wild per se, but it is out of the ordinary streets that you can see in cities...
The plant that you see on the left in the image above (or right above) is oleander... I know that my mother was trying to grow it in Eastern Europe and she was unsuccessful to do it... and here, it grows as a plague... I saw in some place that they cut the tree (bush) almost near to the roots and it grow 2 meters in 2-3 months... lol...
I knew the story about these irrigation canals, but I forgot when they were built, but, I know that there is a whole network that brings water from the mountains to the sea... and it goes zig-zag through gardens and between properties... As that's a kind of "no man's land", I like to follow it... 😃
...right and left... along the old church... They call them "ermitas" and they are built mainly for the neighborhood, which means that inside them, maybe 5-10 people can fit... It is like a living room...
The part that is ruined was probably just an attachment to the church... As the church itself is in good shape...
These are the flowers of the medlar tree... I took this walk maybe a month ago (or a bit more) and they were like this... At these moments, you can already eat fruits from the tree! It's amazing how fast it grows!
Just a short look into the civilization as I had to pass over the regional road to get to the other side...
This is a small, unfortunate restaurant as it changed the owner at least 3-4 times (that I know), but it never succeed to survive... It looks cute, and the interior is also great, but the problem is the bad location... 😞 It is for sale (again), and I hope that the new owner will have more luck than the previous ones...
... already mentioned the oleander flower...
I don't like too much to go up and down, but this was just a short part so I have survived... 😂
... views at the mountain behind me as I was going back home, toward the sea...
This should be the flower Bougainvillea if my Google search doesn't lie... It could be white as in these photos, but also in pink/purple/red colors too... Also, if you scroll back up, you will find them in yellow color, but those are already dried flowers... They also like this climate and grow like crazy without too much hassling around...
What kind of walk would this be if I didn't take any photos of oranges? They are the most popular tree in this area... After oranges, we have a lot of olive trees, almonds, lemons, and of course, already mentioned medlar...
This one is one of my favorite flowers... Chalice cup vine has flowers that are sized like a palm, or maybe a bit bigger... It looks almost like it is made of plastic... So surreal... :)
And here we are... in the last photo which is very near my apartment... I have to pass back along the small church and that narrow passage and I'm home... Before that, let's enjoy these spectacular views at this "lonely" house with medlar trees around and palm trees close to it... Btw, 100 years ago, this whole area was covered in orange trees with only a couple of houses... and to "find" their home, farmers would plant a high palm tree next to the house so that they could find the way back home...
Another curiosity... Do you see that "weird" tree on the right side (left to two palm trees)? I forgot the name of it, but locals say that it was imported from North America as it had a straight trunk and it was used to make ships!
That would be all for this #WednesdayWalk, folks! Big thanks to 
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