Nicholas Baker - Budapest Discovered

It's just two hours from London to Stockholm , but it feels like you have entered The Twilight Zone,
It is a long way from London to Thailand, about the same distance to L.A. but in the other direction. Our plane was 12 hours late leaving due to a technical problem, so we spent the first night of our exotic Eastern vacation
Nicholas Baker - Dubai Discovered
While researching our upcoming trip to Dubai, I kept coming across superlatives: Dubai is the fastest growing city in the history of mankind. Burj Dubai is the tallest building in the world. Burj al Arab, the iconic sail-shaped building is the only seven star hotel in the world (with a fleet of white Rolls Royce's).
Nicholas Baker - Scotland Discovered
Last week, we were sitting in our favorite bar in Soho with our friends Jimmy and Kara. They had just returned from a two week tour of Scotland, and were raving about it. Since Jimmy is French and Kara an American, we felt guilty to admit that us two Londoners had never made the 400 mile trip to Scotland in the 2 1/2 years we have been living in the U.K.