The cold of Spain's high plateaus is second to none, but this was the first time that I found myself face to face with true winter, which visits our countries but briefly. There it sets in for a long period of months; farther north it must be unchanging, without beginning and without end.
Hispaniar sapalda bateko hotza beste edonongoa bezain gogorra da, baina Danubio alde hartan topo egin nuen lehen aldiz benetako neguarekin: gure herrietan oso bakanka baizik agertzen ez den negu-mota bat zen hangoa, hilabete luzetan zehar iraun eta, iparralderago, berriz, aldaezina, betierekoa, hasiera eta bukaerarik gabea datekeela pentsarazten diguna.