Glasgow, United Kingdom Travel Blogs

Glasgow
Aug 28, 2007 (4 photos)

... , Cherbourg, a ferry crossing, Rosslare, Wexford, Dublin, Cork, Killarny, Kilkenny, Sligo, Dun Laoghaire, Belfast, Stanraer and Glasgow. To keep things shorter than 'War and Peace', we'll attempt to catch up in future updates and just mention a few ...

Yum, a Home Cooked Meal
Jul 20, 2006 (6 photos)

... people would cross the border to elope if they were underage. After the obligatory snapshots at the border we drove onwards to Glasgow to stay the night with David's relatives, David, Judy and Jonathan in a town called Bearsden. They had a lovely ...

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Aug 28, 2007

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glasgow
Aug 28, 2007

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Home Again
Apr 6, 2006

Well I'm home again, if I can still call Glasgow home. I'm really not sure where home is at all anymore. I arrived at Heathrow Airport 2 days ago and sat for a couple of hours completely bewildered and not quite sure what to do with myself. It really ...

Arrival in Scotland
Oct 7, 2005

... ) and they drove all the way to pick us up!  Yep, definatly nice people...  As we had a quick minor tour through Glasgow it looked a bit 'industrial' for my liking, and it was getting late and i was just keen to get to a nice couch and kick my ...

Relos to the rescue
Aug 8, 2006 (11 photos)

It was a long drive to Glasgow but the countryside was beautiful and the BOSS navigated the backroads beautifully. We drove about 50kms along the side of Hadrian's Wall and stopped in at Chesters Fort, an old Roman garrison, for a look at the ruins and ...

Where to now?
Jul 11, 2006

I've been home now for over 3 months and what have I done? Well to be quite honest not a lot. I've caught up with all my family and friends. I've done some training and a bit of travelling about. And now? Well, that's a very good question. There's ...

Being Back
Apr 5, 2005

Well yes, for those of you who don't already know and haven't seen me, I am indeed back in the UK. It was a bit strange, as you can imagine, arriving back after being gone for almost 2 years, but it didn't take long for everything to become normal again. ...

Full Circle
Jun 1, 2007

... had, the people I've met, the sights I've seen.  It's all been totally incredible.  And now?  Well I'm back in Glasgow.  Back where I started all that time ago.  I've a little nephew now who I just seem to want to spend every ...

Bonnie Scotland
Mar 24, 2007 (2 photos)

... warm up courtesy of a few beers and sleep in our clothes (was prob the coldest day of the year so had a good excuse) - Went to stay at Jo (from uni) and Andy's and 2 year old Grace on outskirts of Glasgow and had a good catch up and reminisce with them

Feeling Lost
Oct 3, 2005 (5 photos)

... my last toilet, scrubbed my last pot, cooked my last dinner and served my last breakfast. I'm free again. I'm back up in Glasgow now, just trying (not very successfully) to get stuff sorted out before I head off again. So here, in a nutshell, was ...

Glasgow Airport
Mar 15, 2007

At Glasgow Airport

Reflections
Dec 26, 2006

Well it's almost the end of another year. I'm home in Glasgow for Christmas and I've been reflecting on not only the past year, but the past few years. I'm still enjoying work but I know it's not the path for me. I sense big changes coming in 2007, I'm ...

countdown
Sep 20, 2004

... , 7 hours, with a hangover for that indian visa, but had a lunch special in the Ashoka ( great restaurant near Charing Cross,Glasgow, if interested ) and to be honest life is sweet. Hazel and I have both just turned 36 and have booked a 12mth RTW , ...

The end... or a new beginning?
Jul 26, 2006

Well I decided to take the job. I'll be working at an outdoor centre for kids. They do everything from climbing, canoeing and walking to caving, archery and much much more. It's situated in one of the most beautiful parts of the country. When I left to ...

Bludge Day
Aug 13, 2006 (2 photos)

Today was our bludge day. We drove to George and Sheila's place in Glasgow, we did our washing, booked the ferry for Ireland and caught up on emails. We did nothing else - and it was lovely!

Glasgow
Dec 29, 2007 (7 photos)

I came to Glasgow first before making my way to Edinburgh.  Glasgow is really small and not much to see here but i was finally relieved to come to a place where i can communicate.  I also got to watch a movie at a theatre for the first time in ...

wild in scotland
Mar 1, 2004 (33 photos)

... Ireland will be as fun as this one was. group on our last night together in Inverness I left Edinburgh this morning for Glasgow. Glasgow doesn't seem to be too exciting. There's a gothic cathedral and big cemetary, pedestrian shopping area and a few ...

itinerary
Mar 1, 2004

I realized some of you may not know my itinerary (I sort of have one while in the UK). So here's what I'm doing the next few weeks: March 2-3 = Lake District, England March 4 = Liverpool March 5-7 = Manchester to see my friend, Jayne March 8-13 = ...

Glasgow!
Sep 10, 2008 (10 photos)

... But I had breakfast, and today we are going to watch the footie game of Scottland vs Iceland and tour around a bit.  Glasgow is more urbanized than Edinburgh.  It even has apple stores all over! On each street corner, they have a little box ...

Glasgow, Scotland
Jun 6, 2005 (1 photos)

... life expectancy was a mere 30 years. While the workers suffered, the textile barons and shipping magnates prospered, and Glasgow could justifiably call itself the second city of the empire. Grand Victorian public buildings were constructed, and some of ...

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Dec 6, 2001 (6 photos)

Here are some photo's I scanned in. Photos are always good ways to convince people that these places are worth seeing. I only went to Annapurna because I saw some pictures from the American girls I met. this is so google gets my name graeme ...

Hello family/friends thanks for visiting ...
Oct 1, 2000 (2 photos)

Hello Family/Friends Thanks for visiting... This is just a bare-bones outline of my soon-to-commence trip round the world. Sounded like a good idea some months ago - and now it sounds like a great idea! Some expense was incurred in getting this ...

Rabbie Burns Weekend
Jan 26, 2009

... ) Auld Lang Syne. I had gotten the tickets through Arcadia and there were 5 of us there from the program: I recognized the 3 Glasgow School of Art kids from orientation but met the other girl from Uni; she's a sophomore and is spending the whole year here. ...

Day 6: Glasgow, Scotland
Aug 20, 2008

So we took a train to Glasgow from Edinburgh. It wasn't a long train, just a little more than an hour and I soon discovered that Scotland really is a beautiful country. We get to Glasgow and the day is rainy and wet and all of us are just not feeling it. ...

Back from Carlisle
Mar 10, 2006 (45 photos)

... so sorry folks no blue hair lady. So, Mom and I after spending a very long 3 days in Carlisle are back in Glasgow at a friend's house drinking lots went to Perth today, nothing fab (haha British slang) happened there, bought some cologne that's about it. ...

Left Glasgow
Dec 26, 2006

Depart Glasgow heading for Dubai.

In the land of kilts, fish and chips.
Nov 10, 2009

... glory was awesome!  We landed pretty much on top of water and were able to see the water the entire train ride into Glasgow. When we arrived at the train station in Glasgow, the group got separated and we decided to wait for them and get a coffee. ...

Glasgow
Aug 29, 2009

Today we spent the day over in Glasgow - we caught a train from Waverley station (return ticket each GBP10.40) and somehow we ended up on the 1hour 15min train ride when apparently there was a 49min one we should have been on. First destination from ...