Czech Republic, Bílé Karpaty, Flowers and Danish Botanists, July 2012

Lisbeth had invited me trip is arranged by the Danish Botanists Association to at flowers at Bílé Karpaty or the White Carpathians close to the border with Slovakia in the species-rich calcareous meadows there.

View from Javolina, the highest peak in the White Carpathians: Vel'ká Javorina Bielokarpatská with the impressive height of 970 meter

Carline Thistle, Almindelig Bakketidsel (Carlina vulgaris)

Carline Thistle, Almindelig Bakketidsel (Carlina vulgaris)

On our way down from the mighty Javolina

White chalk cliffs On the Slovak side of the Bílé Karpaty

Back at the Czech side of the border at Nenkovice

At Bznec at the Czech side of the border

At Bznec at the Czech side of the border

Czech Republic, Bílé Karpaty, Towns and Landscapes, July 2012

Lisbeth had invited me trip is arranged by the Danish Botanists Association to at flowers at Bílé Karpaty or the White Carpathians close to the border with Slovakia in the species-rich calcareous meadows there.

Our hotel: pension Zamecek, in Bojkovice

Nest of White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) in Bojkovice with two young White Storks

The farther of the two young storks has started building a new nest

Veseli

Veseli

Uhersky Brod

Uhersky Brod

Near Uhersky Brod

White Carpathians at the Slovak side of the border – the white calcareous cliffs is probably why it is “White” Carpathians

Bílé Karpaty, South of Straznice (Czech Republic), 14 July 2012

Looking at flowers at Bílé Karpaty or White Carpathians close to the border with Slovakia in the species-rich calcareous meadows there. The trip is arranged by the Danish Botanists Association - Lisbeth is one of its members. I was accompanying husband on the 10 day trip for flowers lowers.

Veseli

Veseli

Our garden at Bøgevej, 11 July 2012.

30 June 2012, 45 years after graduation from high school