Twenty-five percent of that is sold in the week before Christmas. Women purchase 90 percent of gift wrap. Nearly half of all Scotch tape, the top-selling brand in the nation, is purchased between Thanksgiving and Christmas. The Welsh author spoke with U.S. News about her travels. The energy, hard cash, and vision that's going into the rebuilding of Berlin is so colossal that it has become a tourist spectacle in itself now.
People go to see the cranes.
It's quite stunning. I've never been good at Denmark because I don't like whimsy. I don't like Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales. And it always kind of repulsed me that the centerpiece of Denmark is a fun fair. If you really want to learn about a place, go alone.