Places from the letters
Guides
Real places, chosen for a feeling rather than a ranking. Each one appears in a letter.
riviera
Leyla's Riviera
Menton, Cap-d'Ail, the paths between them, and the Ligurian side at Camogli. The coast my grandmother saw in 1966 and I walked in 2025, in the wrong shoes.
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barcelona
Leyla's Barcelona
Gràcia first, because that's where the cortado is. Then the city, in the order I'd take you if you had a weekend and no patience for queues.
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vienna
Leyla's Vienna
The fourth and fifth districts, where the family has had a flat since the 1920s and nobody has dusted since. Coffee houses, the Ring in rain, and one day at the lake as a coda.
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