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Day one of our European , Asian adventure, finally setting off to Venice on easyjet which is an adventure in itself. We set off at 8.45, with a much appreciated lift, with our heavy bags from Trish's sister Marie to lime street station to get the train to Manchester airport. The journey went quite smooth till we got to the airport rail station and I decided we no longer needed the tickets and threw them away, only to be confronted by the conductor at the exit, and then had to scurry back down the escalator and retrieve them, at least I was told I wasn't the first person to do it, quite pleased over that. Inside the airport we had to chuck out most of our liquids when we were presented with a bag even Barbie would struggle with, so once through security it was time for a well-earned pint before being herded on to the plane, economy airline style, I’m already knackered and I’m still on the tarmac in Manchester!   Finally touched down at Venice airport and decided to go a

This was a competition I won from the Ski Club of Great Britain for 7 nights in Sauze D’Oulx, Italy with ski passes, ski lesson and meals. It is hard to say as it’s pronounced differently by nearly everyone and just sounds like salty ducks (sorry no intension to upset anyone). Skiing for the first time, was going to be a a new experience for us both, but first we need some skiing clothes, so off we went and bought all the gear and we were ready to go. We went in early December, possibly at the worst time because there was no snow, and they had to use the snow cannons on all the mountains to put down what can only be described as solid ice. We flew to Turin airport which was about an hour away by bus,  and dropped us off right outside the Hotel La Torre . On arriving they didn’t seem to be expecting us, we get this a lot and still not prepared for it, so they were trying to sort it out when the manager, who they called “ Il direttore” came over. He was not best pleased and in loud It