small city is surrounded by a turquoise sea kissed by the sun and possesses a dry, suffocating heat, even with the cooling breeze off the water. The city is spread around and below a palace, toward that sparkling sea鈥攖he buildings with red roofs and all from the same tan stone of the palace, or glimmering white material like coral or pearl. Gulls flap over the many turrets and spires, no clouds above them, nothing on the breeze with them but salty air and the clatter of the city below. Various Voir plus