Wherever I went -- Athens, Aegina, Delphi, the Peloponnese -- the grass was parched, brittle and hay-colored, and seemed ready to catch fire.

无论我走到哪里——雅典、埃伊纳岛、德尔斐、伯罗奔尼撒半岛——草地都干枯、脆弱、呈干草色，似乎随时要着火。