Daily Monitor
Saturday February 27 2021
Eiffel Tower is one of the world’s most recognisable landmarks. The tower was designed as the centerpiece of the 1889 World’s Fair in Paris. Photo /net.
Summary
For five days, she stayed in Paris, Maryanne Kerubo, toured Eiffel Tower, Louvre Museum, Sacre-Coeur (Sacred Heart of Paris) and the famous Notre Dame. In Amsterdam, she toured different lakes, went to Ajax Museum and went biking.
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FIt is fair to say that travelling to Europe, the hotbed of Covid-19, deep in the lockdown was almost thoughtless.
Yet, it is equally fair to say that while people have been living in dread of the pandemic for months, not everyone was scared. At least not too scared to shelf their travel plans.
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Analogue and digital: more than 750,000 people engage with FIFA Museum in pandemic-dominated year
Despite the COVID-19 crisis and the resulting closure for several months, as well as further reduced opening hours and a significant decline in international visitors to the city, 766,834 people either enjoyed a trip to the FIFA World Football Museum in Zurich or engaged with its digital content in 2020.
A total of 88,997 visitors were welcomed to the home of football history and culture – located opposite Enge train station and a short walk from Lake Zurich – in 2020 to experience its exhibitions, events, educational offerings and gastronomy while adhering to strict safety and hygiene guidelines. Naturally, in light of COVID-19, the original target of recording a third successive year of growth in annual visitor numbers proved unattainable.
GENEVA (asterisk)(asterisk) EMBARGOED TO 1700 GMT RELEASE(asterisk)(asterisk) Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter spent a week in an induced coma after having heart surgery in December, his family said Thursday. The 84-year-old Blatter, who also tested positive for COVID-19 late last year, was well enough only this week to be moved out of intensive care […]