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FAQs: you plant orange trees in the streets?

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The streets of almost every Greek town and city are lined with orange trees. Visitors are amazed. Fruit trees in the streets? Well, not exactly. The short, bushy trees with the glossy leaves are actually bitter oranges. Their fruit has … Continue reading

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Photo of the previous week: orange trees

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I wish there was technology to capture smells as well as pictures. I chose this picture, of an orange tree in full bloom, but it can’t really convey what Athens smells like the first two weeks of April. Come April, … Continue reading