It's the only place in the world where you can sit in Lorenzo de' Medici's chair, watch the sun set over the Fiesole hill and talk about seagulls.

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Sitting before this perfectly coiffed blond businesswoman in a sun-lit corner office in her Rio de Janeiro headquarters, it's hard to picture her hacking though bovine femurs with a surgical saw to make ornamental loops for her first bikini bottoms.

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Much like Sydney or Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town is a chic retreat bathed in sun much of the year.

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