There was this one winter when we did a road trip in Andalusia, Southern Spain. Driving from Malaga to Cadiz through Marbella, visiting the towns around like Sanlucar de Barrameda, then Sevilla, then Granada, and back to Malaga to fly from it to Oslo. It was late December. In Norway it was all a black and white winter tale. While in Sevilla, lost on just another hidden plaza, we were sitting on the bench and I was tilting my head up and back. Looking at the orange trees above my head.
And then at last I concluded: “This is my favorite type of winter. When there are oranges in the skies”
Then this winter I was walking with two friends in Barcelona and we were talking about those orange trees. This is when I learnt that the winter is the natural season for oranges (even though we don’t eat those from the city trees). Now I know why the oranges bought in summer never tasted that good! Oranges is the winter fruit. And winter – is the season for oranges! Not only for snow, but also for oranges!
It is such a good news for me, who is partly traumatized by all that black and white winter tale that lasts too long in the North. Orange is the new black new hope for this season. Let me prove it to you with pictures!
What is your winter color? And what would you like it to be?
Me Exploring 
We’ve probably more lemon trees than orange trees here on the Cote d’Azur. There’s a festival each year at this time in Menton celebrating lemons and other citrus fruits which is always worth visiting http://www.fete-du-citron.com.
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Ohh, lemons are just as pretty! My dream is to buy a lemon tree for the terrace.
And wow, a whole festival! You French know how to celebrate life))
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Ooh, I checked out the page and this year video… this is just magnifique! Such a colorful event!
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Cheerful and colorful happy post! Thank you for these beautiful winter photos.
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Merci, Veronique! I thought we all need more color right now))
What about winter in France? In my imagination, it is quite colorful too, no?
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It really depends where you live here. In the South, the deep blue sky always help!
Where we live in the Western part, the houses are white or stone coloured , the sky is grey, the sea is not really blue anymore so it is complicated to get you colour vital fix!
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Well, ooh, if you call your skies grey (which I will not debate, as I never saw them), what would you say about Norwegian middle of the winter day?:)) Oo la la :))
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I used to feel I could handle it but I know since we moved here, it would take a super city, dynamic and filled with culture, inhabited by a friendly welcoming people (preferably who likes good wine!) to make me forget about darkness and grey skies for months! One thing is sure, a rural or town life would be the end of up up North!
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A sunny city or town can always make up for darkness of the North, even the most simple one. But culture and good wine definitely helps :))
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And yes, I forgot to say. Come to Barcelona, it sounds like you describing it :))
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I’ve been to Barcelona several times. Fab city!
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Let me know when you visit again 😉😘
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Yummy, beautiful photos!
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Cheers with the orange 🍊 😀
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Sounds like an awesome road trip! I’d love to do that one day myself. I love those oranges that are everywhere in southern Europe too. So different from the cold, black and white north. And orange is a great, positive color!
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Andalucía is my love, I totally recommend it. It is also very well connected by bus and train, so the road trip is not a problem there!
You are from more colorful place, I can imagine how this grey season may feel unusual to you.
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It is unusual for me but I have become used to it after more than 7 years living in colder regions of Europe hehe!
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adaptability is our strength :))
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we also get our oranges in winters!
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Yeeej, orange connection!
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I didn’t know oranges were winter fruit. Quite odd actually. But those trees look so pretty! My winter color is grey, I would like for it to be turquoise… 😊
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I didn’t know either. Got now a reply that in India oranges come also in winter. Have you noticed that winter oranges taste way better than summer ones? And that’s also why mandarins appear towards the new year.
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I generally avoid oranges coz they are a lot of work amd boring. Though they look pretty and I love the color 😊 But once in Lanzarote (as a flight attendant) I had a memorable orange, soooooo juicy and delicious I couldn’t believe it. And yes, it was winter!
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We have a joke in Russian. A Georgian (they are flirtatious but dump in jokes) saying: “Do I love oranges? To eat – yes. But otherwise – no”. And I was always saying: “I love them otherwise too!” There is so much optimism i them!
And ah, in Norwegian I heard a teacher saying: “working with this class is like peeling the orange – you have done a lot of scratching at the hard shell, and now you come to the soft and juicy part”.
so many oranges stories suddenly! thank you for reminding me :))
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😁 It’s great when stories appear out of nowhere, about ordinary things!
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This is how it often happens. We have a Russian poet, who said: “If you only knew from which garbage the poems grow”. I like this :))
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That was my orange story. Voilà! Have you moved to Barcelona already?
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Ahora si! :))
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Wow! How’s it going? Are you happy?
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It is going up and down, like a carousel, which is normal, I guess. But yes, I would call myself happy. Me and this city, we are on the same wavelength :))
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Good!
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