Happiness is holding hands, going far away. Happiness is a glass of wine with a good book. Didn’t he used to do that? We will not begrudge the authors of this wonderful song if we use it as an introduction to a piece about another great artist. British, but with a globetrotter’s heart and a passport full of stamps. We are talking about Dua Lipa, freshly married between London and Palermo to her handsome Callum Turner, but also an insatiable traveler. Over the years, thanks to touring, but mostly thanks to her desire to discover new places, she has touched the wonders of the many countries she has been to. So, some time ago, Google Maps had a brilliant idea that she submitted to the artist of “Radical Optimism”: Dua, how about you give us a selection of some must-visit places?
Said, done. And there could not have been a better person. She who became “Dua Lingo,” with covers in different languages, is now “Dua Planet” or “Dua Maps,” or better yet, Dua the Explorer. Okay, we’ll stop. But among the many recommendations in the lists freely made available on Google Maps, two in the specific caught our attention. Namely the selections of the best independent bookstores around the world, personally visited by the singer, and of course the best Natural Wine Shops, also tested directly by her. Wine and books. Perhaps Bukowski would be proud, or perhaps simply the pairing is so apt that there is no need to bother anyone. Still, the result of Dua’s selecta is interesting, for anyone who should hang out in these countries-Australia, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, Belgium, South Africa, Mexico, and so on. Doesn’t Italy figure in these places? But little matter, maybe Dua the places discovered in our country wants to jealously guard them for herself….
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