Ruth on the chair lift

A day in the sun

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February 20th 2018
Ruth and I were awake before the alarm clock demanded our attention, keen to open the blinds and see if the sun had come or we were still in the middle of a cloud. Fortunately the mountains had reappeared so we went to breakfast looking forward to a sunny day. We followed our usual routine to get into the heart of the ski area. This involved walking across the road, catching the closest ski lif ... read more

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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