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The dreamy-looking island immediately across the way is a nature pre-
serve and a resting spot for birds making their long journey from the north to
the Mediterranean. There's one lucky bull here (farmers raft over their heifers,
who return as cows). Rainbows often end on this island—where plague vic-
tims were once buried. In the winter, when the water freezes (about once a
decade),localsslipandslideoverforavisit.Thewhitebuildingyoucanseeat
the end of the town's pier was the cooking house, where visiting sailors (who
tried to avoid working with open flame on flammable ships) could do their
baking.
