I was so surprised when I first visited Portugal to see cork oaks! I guess I had never given any thought to where cork came from. Seeing the groves of cork oaks and learning about the process and what the numbers on the trees meant. It was all pretty astonishing to me! Great photos!
It was something completely new and surprising for me too when I first came here. I didn't think what is cork actually.. and that it comes from a tree!
Pretty amazing to see them now with bare skin. They are so red then.
I have never seen them like that. I was always there during the winter months.