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- Day 1
- Sunday, December 29, 2024 at 6:20 AM
- ⛅ 4 °C
- Altitude: 105 m
EnglandBirmingham Airport52°27’13” N 1°44’0” W
Here we go ...
December 29, 2024 in England ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C
The obligatory early morning start 😭 was a taxi from the Rawlett School, having done shuttle runs from home to drop off bags and people then walk down to school. Why you may ask? Well, it was £10Read more
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- Day 1
- Sunday, December 29, 2024 at 11:30 AM
- ☀️ 9 °C
- Altitude: 307 m
ItalyTurin Airport45°11’30” N 7°38’37” E
The lonely bag
December 29, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
Top tip to travelers, don't forget to pick up ALL of your luggage from the carousel, because the second you go through that door , there's no going back!
When we checked in at Birmingham I had myRead more
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- Day 1
- Sunday, December 29, 2024 at 6:30 PM
- 🌙 0 °C
- Altitude: 2,010 m
- ItalyColle Sestriere44°57’2” N 6°52’27” E
Ponty Pandy Hotel
December 29, 2024 in Italy ⋅ 🌙 0 °C
Ok, not Ponty Pandy but Principi di Piemonte Hotel is our residence for the week, and very nice it is too. Our rooms are on the 6th floor, with one room like Rapunzel right up near the tower. TheRead more
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- Day 2
- Monday, December 30, 2024 at 1:30 PM
- ☀️ 3 °C
- Altitude: 2,305 m
- ItalyMont Fraitève44°59’20” N 6°51’43” E
Coffee on the Mountain
December 30, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 3 °C
Happy to report that my boot bag with ski boots, helmet, gloves and goggles turned up this morning so the first day on the hill, went well. We've had a variety of lifts and runs, a few crashes butRead more
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- Day 2
- Monday, December 30, 2024 at 5:00 PM
- 🌙 1 °C
- Altitude: 2,010 m
- ItalyColle Sestriere44°57’2” N 6°52’27” E
I didn’t go skiing!
December 30, 2024 in Italy ⋅ 🌙 1 °C
Well, I didn’t go skiing but had a lovely trip to the village centre and a nice, steady, walk back. Had coffee at my favourite coffee shop and spent a lovely, lazy afternoon reading and knitting.Read more
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- Day 2
- Monday, December 30, 2024 at 9:00 PM
- 🌙 -3 °C
- Altitude: 2,036 m
- ItalySestriere44°57’23” N 6°52’57” E
Torchlight Ski
December 30, 2024 in Italy ⋅ 🌙 -3 °C
A tradition at this time of year is the torchlight ski run by the Ski Instructors, we had the Italian National anthem and a fabulous display of night skiing carrying burning torches down the blackRead more
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- Day 3
- Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 3:00 PM
- ☀️ 2 °C
- Altitude: 2,347 m
- ItalyMonte Sises44°56’48” N 6°53’19” E
Come Skiing with me ⛷️
December 31, 2024 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 2 °C
Take a ride with me, Holly is Skiing and Jonah is Boarding. I did my best to film them, there's a few hard patches but thankfully no swearing if you have the sound on. I also had to edit it to be ableRead more
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- Day 4
- Wednesday, January 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
- ☀️ 2 °C
- Altitude: 2,692 m
- ItalyMont Fraitève44°58’35” N 6°51’35” E
Happy New Year 🎊
January 1 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 2 °C
The food in this hotel is totally stunning, last night for New Year we had a buffet dinner, but this is like no buffet that you would get in even the poshest UK 'do' , zoom in to the menu and take aRead more
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- Day 5
- Thursday, January 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
- ☁️ 6 °C
- Altitude: 263 m
- ItalyPiazza San Carlo45°4’4” N 7°40’58” E
Turin
January 2 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
The first thing I need to say is that you have to watch the video in this post with sound.
Today we took a break from the slopes and caught a bus/train combo to Turin. A chance for a change of scene,Read more
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- Day 5
- Thursday, January 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
- ☁️ 7 °C
- Altitude: 227 m
- ItalyPinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli45°1’58” N 7°39’56” E
The Italian Job
January 2 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
On our day trip to Turin we visited the coolest place - the old FIAT factory, complete with rooftop test track, which has now been turned into a giant art gallery (plus a shopping mall downstairs).Read more
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- Day 6
- Friday, January 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
- ☀️ -3 °C
- Altitude: 1,844 m
FranceCol du Montgenèvre44°55’48” N 6°43’20” E
France! 🇫🇷
January 3 in France ⋅ ☀️ -3 °C
Today was a full-on jaunt across the whole Ski Area. Our mission, to Ski to France. It's only 7 .5 miles as the crow flies, 32 minutes and 21 miles to drive or 18 lifts and 15Km of piste (round trip)Read more
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- Day 6
- Friday, January 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
- ☁️ -6 °C
- Altitude: 2,010 m
- ItalyColle Sestriere44°57’2” N 6°52’27” E
Crafts!
January 3 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ -6 °C
Well, work on a variety of crafts continued today, just knitted the donkey's nose, couple of rounds of sock knitting, cross stitched William Shakespeare's legs in a fetching shade of red, couple ofRead more
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- Day 8
- Sunday, January 5, 2025
- ☁️ 6 °C
- Altitude: 281 m
- ItalyTurin Airport45°11’14” N 7°38’53” E
It always snows as you're leaving!
January 5 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
But not in Italy! It appears the UK got all of the snow and we're slightly delayed leaving Italy as a result. Not enough to get excited, just enough to buy a brew and wait.
Thank you Italy, it'sRead more
