"It's a series of islands; warm, without being hot, cooled by the sea breezes, in the Marediteranian.  Olives grow in abundance, and red poppies and orchids of many colors - flowers, little one - rise up in the meadows.  Even the rocky crags sprout snake lilies and edible cacti.  And in the midst of this beauty, we have built cities and docks and labyrinths."