The term "silk road" refers to the ancient routes connecting Far East with Europe and Africa and took its name from the trade of silk, produced in China. We are talking about an era six to twenty centuries ago. When trading and traveling was a hard and potentially dangerous business. And the silk road was the most epic journey of that era.
Nothing to do with me, except that it gave me the inspiration to name my current travel!
The "olive oil road" is the small annual trip we make with @traisto to harvest our olive groves. Nothing so fascinating as the exotic oriental routes that I mentioned but way above the average in terms of distance and (thanks to our choices) complexity :)
When people say "we are going to harvest our olives" they usually mean that they are close to their home, something like within an hour of driving, at the most.
Some may have to drive a bit longer and very few have to take a ferry to get there. We have to do it all, driving, taking the ferry and more driving in a trip of around thirty hours!
Not the most practical situation, for sure :)
Imagine that I just described the fastest way to get to our olive trees. An expensive and tiring trip especially when you have to take your car along. And in our case we do since the car is also a valuable tool during the harvest.
So we took the slow way, making this trip a short vacation that we needed anyway! We avoided motorways, big ports and stressful situations and instead, we drove through wonderful mountains, scenic little towns and a boat that reminds me the Greece of my childhood :)
Now, as the second day of our trip is coming to an end, I am relaxing drinking my cocoa and thanking ourselves that we took the long way!
And we are still on the "wrong" side of the island :)
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Great shots. The last one is simply splendid.
Thanks!
It's one of those little things made to attract tourists that have become iconic after all :)
Hi @fotostef, really a long journey!! But no matter the road if the destination is reached, all be it for a good harvest. The photos although taken with the cell phone are as always...sublime. Thanks for sharing so much beauty. Greetings from Cuba to both of you.
Hello @mdrguez :)
We are trying to enjoy the road as well as the destination! I am glad you liked the pictures.
Cheers!
Amazing photographs from this beautiful destination. A journey through mountainous way with scenic views should have made your day.
It was a beautiful day indeed!
Thank you for stopping by @shamis :)
The pictures you show are very beautiful, friend, I like them👍
Thank you very much, I am glad you liked them :)
You are welcome, friend.
I think you are happiest when you think about the adventure and stop focusing on the difficulties. They will always appear.
That trip will be expensive and all that you say but in the details lies its beauty, and how nice that you are there with such a keen eye to show us this.
Enjoy and I hug you both.
Thank you very much!
Kisses from both of us :)
Dn, they are good for phone photos! Did you edit them on the phone too?
Sometimes the long slow way is the best way...
Yes, I did some basic editing on the phone.
I think the slow way was the only way in our case!
Glad to see your little van is still serving you!
Haha yes, it does its best to keep up with the multitasking duties we ask from it :)