GLASGOW

 After a short early flight from the Isle of Lewis, we landed in Glasgow for 4 days. Largest city in Scotland and we are smack downtown. But it’s easy walking to so many things. We got here so early our rooms were not ready so we did a walking tour around the hotel vicinity. There is any kind of restaurant one would want except for Mexican! Haha. Lots of Indian food tho. In fact steve and I went to an Indian place last night and had a great meal. No one tips around here. It seems weird. This am we got on a bus and had a tour of the city and some special places like parks and cathedrals. Then we ate at Soul Sisters . It’s a place run buy immigrants of all kinds. They cook the food and try and learn English. Because of  Brexit….the immigrant population has dwindled. Like us, they depend on immigrants to do jobs no one else wants, so they have the same problems with help wanted all over, and services are slow and places shutting down.

This afternoon I spent 3 hrs with a friend from Scotland I have only met on line thru FB. We bonded on a site about a Norwegian trips we were both going to take but it got canceled because of Covid. Well, we kept corresponding and today she took a train to Glasgow from her small town and we met and really really enjoyed each other’s company. It was so fun. Steve walked to one of the many museums while Linda and I were yakking. 

Glasgow is a great city with tons to see and do. All the university’s in Scotland are free as is vocational training and advanced degrees. All health care and prescriptions are also completely free. Kids can vote at 16! Anyone living in UK/Scotland can vote even if they are immigrant.