It was only the beginning of February, so winter should have been at its harshest. However, something had changed on the islands – recently, a warmer, pleasant wind had been blowing, gradually and almost imperceptibly melting the snow and making the newly blooming plants visible again, delighting the eyes of all passers-by.
Hardly anyone complained about it. The archipelago, although composed of many diametrically different areas, mostly resembled a subtropical zone. Most of its inha...