Today, on January 1, as we look back on the year we could never have imagined, how can we even begin to tell the story of 2020?
Where it begins and ends is easier – in the elite ski resorts of Europe. Last February, the ski resort of Ischgl, on the Austrian-Swiss border, was its usual magnet for the international rich and famous.
Nicknamed ‘Ibiza on Ice’ for its famed apres-ski nightlife, skiers gathered in packed bars. Thousands went home again, carrying the just-emerging coronavirus to more than 40 countries on five continents, including the UK.
Fast forward to December and despite being urged to “stay at home”, around 3,500 people from the UK were estimated to have travelled once more to Switzerland’s elite ski resorts.
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