Dreary Glasgow
Trip Start
Aug 28, 2007
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Trip End
Dec 16, 2007
Glasgow, United Kingdom
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Regardless, the bus ride was beautiful. Granted it was cloudy and dreary but the countryside was breath taking! Hills and fields of green & tan rolled on for miles, dotted with long gashes of trees that managed to cut through the crops. The must have been 3 shades of green and tan each. Shortly there after I passed on our the bus and woke up in the city.
Glasgow is a mix of modern and historical. It was an "in your face" contrast between the two. there would be one old building among four new ones. It was so different. We went to find the Hostel on another bus and walked around the street a few times and finally found it. We get to the room and it was actually really great for what we needed! It was like a mini-hotel room...the size of my bed room, maybe smaller (thats pretty small).
We walk around the city for the day as it starts to spit a bit, got to love Scotland weather. We walked all the way over to the suspension bridges and looked at the conference center. I'm not going to lie, I wasn't really impressed with Glasgow. For dinner we headed back to the city center and ate at a bar called Lauder's. I tried a Guinness Red...don't try it, it wasn't that good. The bar tender recommended it as a light beer...didn't like it too much. But it's fine. Kelly and I both had the surf and turf for only 6.50 pounds (like $13 USD)...it was soo good. The we headed back to a bar near our hostel.
Walking the door we hoped to find locals...well we definitely found some. Out of the 20 people there, there were three girls, the lady working and two girls who looked cracked out. So we put our stuff down at the bar next to the pool table and Kelly is about to get a Guinness and a guy, Thomas, comes up to us and asked if we wanted to play doubles. Of course Kelly immediately accepts the challenge. Super. All I wasted to do was let her have a Guinness and then go back to the hostel and pass out. So I hang by our stuff while she walks up to the bar with Thomas to get a drink. He comes back carrying a jack and coke & Kelly goes, "I told him you and Jack were and item..." Super. I really didn't want to drink it. I would much rather had a water or even my bed. We have a long day at Edinburgh tomorrow. So I sipped it as he talked to us while playing pool.
It was soo hard to understand him. We had to get him to repeat things 3 or 4 times. It wasn't that they spoke fast, everythingwasstrungtogetherwithnosyllablesorbreaks. He told us to call him when we got back from Edinburgh...which was sooo not up my alley. Especially after what he said when one of his friends came over rambling and then walked away..."don't mind my friends, they're messed up. Would you guys like some cocaine? I have ecstasy if you prefer that..." Just nonchalant. At this point my mouth dropped, my eyes must have popped out of my head and I slunk back into my chair and said "No, No thank you, I'm not into any of that." As I'm packing my receipts into my purse (I organize things and clean when I'm pissed or nervous) and put my scarf and jacket on. I look at Kelly who's sipping on her beer to stay longer and say, "I'm ready to go Kell." And without skipping a beat he goes, "Oh, it's cool, I respect that, I have weed would you like some instead?" Are you KIDDING me right now? Crack, E, and weed, I mean hell, wheres the heroin and laced weed? I turn to Kelly and say, "Leaving. Now." Then he follows us to the bar and proceeds to give Kelly his number. Unbelievable. I told her on the way out that she could go out with them but I wasn't...
...I never thought a hard/stiff bed would feel so amazing.
