It’s unbelievable that a single being can exist for so long!
The photo is not very clear but I could only take it through the bus window. It’s the oldest olive tree on Zakynthos – more then 2000 years old.

Much younger – but still as old as 15 human lives – is the olive tree close to our hotel. It welcomes the visitors of a restaurant and invites them to taste its products.
But Zakynthos is dotted with thousands of olive trees. Due to their wrincled bark, even the young ones already look highly mature.
I especially liked to admire them in the morning sun with red reflections of light on their branches. They are like living signs of history.
And at the end – a curiousity: what are these stones on the olive tree below for?

19 October 2017 at 23:36
Wonderful old trees – I wish I could sit there just contemplating. Lovely shots!
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20 October 2017 at 14:56
Thank you, Leya. I was really impressed by these trees and their longevity.
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20 October 2017 at 02:21
Amazing!!! And I live in a country that is only 200 years old! I would love to sit under one of these trees 🙂
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20 October 2017 at 15:04
But the nature in your country is much older. Don’t you have any long-lived trees in Australia?
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