The Glacier Express consumes a whole day to traverse 291 bridges and pass through 91 tunnels on its tantalising trundle ...

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Huge feasts were held to celebrate the season. The centrepieces of many a medieval table were roast boar heads, whole roasted peacocks with the feathers and plumes reattached, and enormous pies filled ...