Your eyes survey the vista ahead. Sailboats leave crisp white trails as they cut through the sapphire sea, whilst a linen-clad woman rides a bicycle, a bottle and baguette in her basket. Scents of lavender and orange set your soul at ease. In front of you, laid out on a picnic blanket, a feast of simple pleasures – pains au chocolat, fresh bread, soft cheeses and, of course, ample wine. This is the land of quality, where people understand that perfect simplicity is the height of sophistication. This is the French Riviera.

You sip your sangria and take in the bustling city around you. The Sagrada Familia, a few blocks away, stands resplendent in the evening sun, dominating the skyline. The scents of this place hit you. Crushed berries, roasting pork, and delicate trails of incense flowing from the windows above. A waiter appears with your paella – what else could one choose this close to the sea? You smile, knowing that another night of laughter and dancing awaits in a city more alive than anything you’ve ever known. This is Barcelona.

You’re sitting in a cobbled piazza, the evening sun gently fading beneath the spires of the Duomo. The sound of laughter and clinking spritz glasses fills your ears, whilst luxuriant scents of sandalwood and citrus waft delicately across your nostrils. There is a buzz around you. The streets are alive with happy, chattering people dressed in the latest fashions; perhaps some are about to set new ones. The street becomes the runway, and vice versa. This is Milan.

Ahead of you, impossibly blue waves sweep over pristine sands. The sun bakes the beach from on high, but you are shaded, hidden amongst the fronds, lying on a leatherbound table. As the masseuse expertly works the oil into your skin, you smell cocoa butter, citrus fruit, and fresh coconut. You feel yourself melt into the leather beneath you, as all the stress and worries from the world you left behind fade into nothingness. This is Bali.

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