High above Athens, at an altitude of 277 metres to be precise, you can look out over Athens from Lycabettus hill. Lycabettus is the highest hill in the city.
By comparison, the Acropolis Hill is 156 metres high.
On a bright Easter Monday in May 2024 (because the Julian calendar is used in Greece instead of the Gregorian one, Easter here usually does not coincide with Easter in the Netherlands, among others), we went up the hill by cable car inside. An extraordinary experience.
Of course we enjoyed the view, but of course my eye eventually fell back on the beautiful oleanders blooming there.
May in Athens (and all over Greece) is fantastic for flower lovers. Throughout the city, oleanders and bougainvillea bloomed. And a little later in the month, Jacaranda's colour the streets purple with their flowers.
The smell of oleander can transport you straight back to that one holiday in a Mediterranean country.
For me, this scent immediately takes me back to Athens.
 
                                
As the daughter of a photographer, photography has been a big part of my life. I love nature and especially flowers, so you see this most in my work. I have worked as an independent make-up artist for over 15 years, developing my eye for detail. Composition.. Read more…