Flowers of the Acropolis - Wisteria

We decided to walk uphill from Central Athens, in search of the funicular on Mt Lycabettus.

It sounded like a good idea at the time.   We are from Hong Kong, after all, and love the Peak Tram!

We never reached the funicular, partly because the hike up and down the Acropolis earlier that day had been enough exercise for me, and we were side-tracked by the most spectacular Wisteria I had ever seen.

One day, I want to live in this street:  

Here is the address in Greek!

It looks like Like a litou but I think it should be renamed to Likealot Street.

And just around the corner, on our way down, yet another spectacular specimen!

You understand that no digital camera can ever capture the heavenly purplelilacblues of the flowers.

But also understand and know this:   This July I will plant a Wisteria with 2 orange trees at its feet in my newly-cleared garden in George.    I already have the lemon trees and the fragrant jasmine (thanks to Mandy's foresight) in the driveway.   The Wisteria will ramble up neighbour Graham's wall, and hopefully in a few years, cover the roof of his garage and tumble down on my side at the swimming pool.  

I only saved two trees (below), a ficus and the heavenly Cestrum which perfumes summer nights.

I think the Ficus will have to go.   It has neither blossoms nor fragrance.

 And I will smell the orange blossoms every spring (well, it will be autumn in South Africa)  and think of Athens.