"" Stromboli, Stromboli!" I repeated. We were hardly thinking of that. Stromboli! What an effect this unexpected name produced upon my mind! We were in the midst of the Mediterranean Sea, on an island of the Eolian archipelago, in the ancient Strongyle, where Eolus kept the winds and the storms chained up, to be let loose at his will....
"You know nothing, Jon Snow", Game of Thrones, Islanda
Si am aterizat intr-o noapte de sfarsit de aprilie, dupa un zbor petrecut intr-un crepuscul etern si efervescent, pe aeroportul din Keflavik, Islanda. Plecasem cu vise mari, frumoase, vise de iarna izvorate din sufletul meu nascut iarna si din numele de gheata al tarii pe care o vizitam.
Islanda nu m-a dezamagit....