I turned up to Belfast for the first time in 2001 with almost no idea what I was walking into. I’d done zero research (past-me was confidently underprepared), assumed it would feel like a smaller Dublin, and left two days later having barely scratched the surface of a city that genuinely surprised me at every […]
Author Archives: Two Scots Abroad
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Glasgow has a funny reputation. Some people expect a rough, industrial city where it rains sideways and everyone shouts “aye pal” every five seconds. Others think it’s just a cheaper stop before heading to Edinburgh. Honestly? Both assumptions miss the point completely. The first time I wandered into Glasgow, I expected a quick overnight stop. […]
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I booked my first trip to Vienna in July, convinced that summer was obviously the right call. Warm weather, long days, what could go wrong. What I did not anticipate was shuffling through Schönbrunn Palace shoulder-to-shoulder with approximately half of Europe’s tourist population while sweating through my only decent shirt. Lesson learned, eventually. Vienna is […]
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I turned up to Vienna expecting to be mildly impressed and left feeling slightly embarrassed that I’d underestimated it so badly. It’s the kind of city that doesn’t need to try very hard. The architecture alone could carry it. But then you add the coffee, the music, the food, the sheer density of things that […]
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I booked Vienna on a whim after seeing a cheap flight, confidently told myself “it’s not that pricey” based on absolutely zero research, and then spent the first afternoon quietly recalculating everything in my head over a €6.90 beer near the city centre. So. Let’s do this properly. Vienna sits in an interesting middle ground. […]