From Scotland With Love (Glasgow & Edinburgh)

August 18, 2016

From Scotland With Love (Glasgow & Edinburgh)

“Of all the small nations of this earth, perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind.”

― Winston S. Churchill

I spent my Christmas 2014 with C and his family. I am so blessed to meet a guy who has such a loving and kind family that welcomes with me so much. <3 It was a short time in Maesteg and I had to leave on Boxing Day itself because I was leaving to Scotland for NEW YEAR! or as they say it in Scotland, HOGMANAY!

# Guess who I found OMW to SCOTLAND.

DOCTAAAHH! It's me, your next companion.

Adeline picked me up from the Manchester train station on the 29th and the first thing we did was PRIMARK SHOPPING! Holla... I did not shop in London at all nor did my Cardiff trip, I deserved this.

I crashed at her place and her room was HUGE!! what kind of student accommodation that could fit like a whole family of 5 in! Apparently the kind in Manchester.

We left to Glasgow the very next morning to meet CMY.

On a side note: I've been having knee injury since my Winter Charity Run in Aberystwyth, and so I took Ibuprofen for like the first time in my life and I had SERIOUS ALLERGIC REACTION TO IT! Literally my eyes swelled so badly and it was secreting these nasty sticky liquid and I could barely see. I went to NHS emergency ward on my own and gave the nurse a scare. Honestly, the wait for longgggg.... n my phone was low on battery but the nurses & doctors there the nicest and most amazing people eeeevvvveeerrrrr............ they would go to the extra mile to take care of me and I have never been this love! It basically made the worst day of my life to be so much better. I requested for a jab instead of pills because I told the doctor that I am not scared of needle and I am going Scotland tomorrow! I can't be seen like these! Hospitalised for half day and then Fitzwilliam came and took me home.

So that being said, I had no make up on the entire trip in Scotland.

UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW

# Double vision

Mei Yen studies in University of Glasgow. Can I just say that the university itself is like a town on their own and the building looks like Hogwarts. I was so amazed with the architecture and man... if you could study in a Uni like that, you would die. At the university, we did the Mackintosh House Tour.

Charles Rennie Mackintosh: Scottish designer, artist & artist. The Mackintosh House was a reassemblage of Mackintosh original house in Glasgow.

The wind was insanely cold though. I guess it wa like the peak of winter and I was in Scotland but boy, I was wearing 3 layers and I was still freezing. I feel very sad when the weather is so cold because I just don't want to do anything or be anywhere.

#I tried Haggis for the first time in my life and I AM SO SORRY SCOTs...

I love everything about your culture but I can't do Haggis.. I just can't.

Glasgow Cathedral

One of my favourite place was the Glasgow cathedral. It was so magnificent to my eyes and to see this classic Scottish Gothic architecture medieval Cathedral was just an amazing experience. Apparently it looks really great at night as well.

# viewpoint from the necropolis

# Nofilter

To be honest, the walk at the Glasgow Necropolis next to the cathedral was one of my favourite moment. This cemetery is unlike anything that I have ever seen before and you get a really good viewpoint of Glasgow when you reach the top.

KELVINGROVE ART GALLERY & MUSEUM

FOC ENTRANCE

# One thing I noticed in Glasgow was there were so many amazing Street Art

that literally play with your illusion for a sec.

NEXT STOP

EDINBURGH

We took a bus that cost between £1-4 and it was a 1 hr journey from Glasgow to Edinburgh. We booked a room from Air B&B and it the house was amazing!!! Like this guy is minted! The entire apartment is bigger than my house back in Ipoh and UK houses are small ok. However, it was hilarious because I think he is actually renting out his parents house while he lives there and his parents has no idea because I discovered something but nevertheless, amazing host, cool guy and the place was just great.

3 girls, 3 different university, 3 different country

but one root... Ipoh babies <3

# Streets of Edinburgh are getting ready for tonight

We found this unique small little cafe located at one of the back streets and we knew we have to try it because they were servong Scottish Breakfast! When in Scotland, you have scottish breakfast :p

# Omnomnom... it was so goooddd

I absolutely love Edinburgh. It is so rich in culture and the gothic architectures are so stunning and I honestly would love to live there. Obviously it was NYE and the place was jam pack. There were like gazillion Cashmere shops and yes they are insanely expensive. I nearly bought one as a souvenir but then I was like, really though Jane.... really? it was insanely pricey even for just a scarf.

Lots of street performers as well which I am not sure if they have them often but it was NYE so probably more on that day. You can always do a Whiskey Tour & Tasting as well if your are interested.

We were actually hunting for the cafe which JK Rowling sat in and wrote Harry Potter in Edinburgh known as The Elephant House but unfortunately, it was'nt exactly near where we are, So we went to take a look at the Edinburgh Castle instead.

# I have no idea why my face is not in this picture nor any of the pic of the castle.