Published on Life in Luxury on 28th April 2013:
Category Archives: Publication
Does your mother know … about the new ABBA museum in Stockholm?
Published on CNN on 26th April 2013:
Did you grow up singing “Waterloo”? Saw “Mamma Mia!” and fell in love? Or just always wondered why everyone makes such a big deal about the Eurovision Song Contest?
Then congratulations — you’ve been alive for at least 30 years.
Now there’s an ABBA museum that chronicles the most important band of your lifetime — or at least the 1970s. (Sorry, but someone had to break the bad news to all those Zeppelin, Clash and Foghat fans.)
Frankfurt Skyscraper Festival: Weekend of highs and highers
Published on CNN on 25th April 2013:
Frankfurt not only has the most skyscrapers of any European city, they’re also packed together like architectural sardines. And every year the city’s Skyscraper Festival opens up these boisterous buildings to visitors.
From May 25-26, at least 18 buildings open to the general public free of charge, allowing them to explore the architecture and enjoy views across Frankfurt.
Only 80,000 tickets are allocated for high-rise access, but there will be a number of fringe programs too.
Luxor balloon flights set to resume
Published on CNN on 17th April 2013:
Hot air balloon rides at Egypt’s popular tourist destination of Luxor are set to resume Wednesday, according to a statement on the Egyptian Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission’s (CARC) website (Arabic).
President of the CARC, Mohamed Ibrahim Sherif, confirmed balloon flights would restart, the Egypt Independent reported.
Hot air balloon rides were banned in Luxor after a February 26 accident that killed 19 tourists.
Margaret Thatcher museum: Good way to spend $23 million?
Published on CNN on 16th April 2013:
Love or hate her, Margaret Thatcher, who recently passed away at the age of 87, certainly draws a crowd.
One of her legacies, a pressure group she set up in 1991, hopes she’ll continue to do so well after her death.
Conservative Way Forward has unveiled plans for a Margaret Thatcher library and museum that will feature her signature blue Aquascutum suits and handbags, as well as a number of donated and loaned items.