Scotland 2024 – Day 1

We took a flight from Ibiza to Scotland at 11am, and landed in Glasgow at 3pm. My friend and I ended up renting an Avis car, and driving for him took some time to get used to.

We ended up staying near the heart of Glasgow at The Radisson Blue near central station (note we parked at a nearby garage, but next time would pay for parking at the hotel parking).

Near the area was a Pizza Hut, Tim Hortons, KFC and McDonalds. Next time I do want to try the Tim Hortons.

We basically spent the day at the West End of Glasgow near the University of Glasgow. We ate at this place (where there was a good presence of University students) which had haggis (the national Scottish dish):

http://food.johnmatienzo.com/2024/07/07/ubiquitous-chip/

After we did walk around the area for a bit, and even ended up getting ice cream.

We did go back to the room around 9pm to get ready for a night out of drinks and a club called Sub Club that is a 5 minute walk from our hotel (where Ame played the next day). However, got a bit of food poisoning that made the night a chill night. Next time will definitely try and hit up that club.

Seoul Station and KTX Ride to Busan

After the War Memorial, we went to Seoul Station for our train ride to Busan. But, since we had time before departure, we decided to go and sample some of the fast food in the station (KFC, Lotteria and a churro from McDonalds).

   
    
 
The train ride to Busan was definitely 3rd class. Since they had no more tickets for assigned seats (and only standing tickets) for most of the journey, we had to “stand” in the hallway. The last 30 minutes of the trip we were able to get seats (since people got off at earlier stops).