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The Wonderful Wrongness of It All

Nathalie Marquez Courtney

15 Mar 2015 — 1 min read

This quote from David Nicholls' latest book, Us, sums ups so much of what I love about being on holidays... and has me seriously craving another one!

There's something about being completely jolted out of your comfort zone, about not just following your feet and having to switch off the auto pilot and look around a bit more that's really intoxicating.

Pic above from a last year's long weekend in beautiful Lisbon.

PS Looking for another sweet read? I loved Eleanor & Park.

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