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Skiing in Cervinia

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February 22nd 2015
Hi all here we are Skiing again. This time it's Cervinia pronounced chervinia. We started with delays at Bournemouth airport due to the aircraft de icer breaking down then we lost our landing slot in Turin so hour and a half late leaving. On a plus side 150mph tailwinds meant we were here I under and hour and a half. Another hour wait before the coach left but we are here in one piece. There is to ... read more

Europe » Italy

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more