(This post was last modified: 06-21-2015, 09:52 PM by 1morepasswill.)
(06-21-2015, 03:25 PM)Freddy Wrote: (06-21-2015, 03:11 PM)1morepasswill Wrote: (06-21-2015, 02:59 PM)Freddy Wrote: (06-21-2015, 02:13 PM)1morepasswill Wrote: (06-21-2015, 01:20 AM)Freddy Wrote: Welcome, Will. I LOVE Glasgow. I spend about a month each year visiting a friend in Dunfermline and get into Glasgow several times during each visit.
Yeah Glasgow gets better and better as a city for residents and for visitors. Where are you from originally?
Believe it or not, I was born and reared in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. I have no Scottish blood in me but have been visiting your beautiful country almost every year since 1980.
Cool, I could almost say the same about the USA I've been visiting each year since the late 90's. Glasgow will have changed a hell of a lot since the 80's , for the better though. It was once a very grim and harsh place but it has did a lot to improve it's image.
I couldn't agree more. The city centre is alive with shops, restaurants, and culture. The museums are fabulous. (I have a soft spot for the Transport Museum but Kelvingrove is amazing.) I also find it a very friendly city.
Where do you go when you visit the States?
My daughter is a teenager now so we've been visiting Florida for Disney etc for years now (we were there in May) but we have tried to see more of the country as she has gotten older.
We were in New York City and New Orleans at the beginning of the year and we've been to Arizona, Nevada and California (Los Angeles mainly). We are thinking about going to the west coast again and taking in San Diego and San Francisco as well as LA again.
Yeah I'd agree, Glasgow really is giving Edinburgh a run for it's money for tourist. There are so many new places to eat in Glasgow now, I've noticed more and more burger and BBQ places opening up which you can imagine is right up my street.
(06-21-2015, 03:37 PM)redrako Wrote: Welcome.
Always good to meet someone from Glasgow. My grandfather (mother's side) was a sailor originally from Whiteinch.
That's amazing, we Scots certainly got about back in the day. Whiteinch is a stones throw from the famous shipyards on the Clyde where they built ships like the Lusitania.
Nice to meet you.
(06-21-2015, 03:25 PM)Freddy Wrote: (06-21-2015, 03:11 PM)1morepasswill Wrote: (06-21-2015, 02:59 PM)Freddy Wrote: (06-21-2015, 02:13 PM)1morepasswill Wrote: (06-21-2015, 01:20 AM)Freddy Wrote: Welcome, Will. I LOVE Glasgow. I spend about a month each year visiting a friend in Dunfermline and get into Glasgow several times during each visit.
Yeah Glasgow gets better and better as a city for residents and for visitors. Where are you from originally?
Believe it or not, I was born and reared in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A. I have no Scottish blood in me but have been visiting your beautiful country almost every year since 1980.
Cool, I could almost say the same about the USA I've been visiting each year since the late 90's. Glasgow will have changed a hell of a lot since the 80's , for the better though. It was once a very grim and harsh place but it has did a lot to improve it's image.
I couldn't agree more. The city centre is alive with shops, restaurants, and culture. The museums are fabulous. (I have a soft spot for the Transport Museum but Kelvingrove is amazing.) I also find it a very friendly city.
Where do you go when you visit the States?
The Transport Museum is somewhere we would always go with our school every year , never got old. I loved the fact that they let you get on a lot of the exhibits like the trams and buses to just walk around. I haven't been since it moved to it's fancy new digs up the Clyde river.