21 October, 2013

I had planned to take the time on the train to Brighton to write about my experience in Glasgow, however my mind is a bit preoccupied with a booking error I made when purchasing the tickets for today’s journey. The Euro calendar starts on Monday rather than Sunday as the calendars in the States tend to. As such, I ticked the second day of the week, thinking that was Monday as I am used to. Turns out that was Tuesday. The Train Manager pointed this out to me on inspecting my ticked as we left Glasgow this morning. He said typically I should have to purchase fare to the journey today. Being an American tourist in First Class who doesn’t travel regularly, he allowed me to stay on without purchasing an additional ticket. He suggested I talk to the Ticket office in Birmingham and see if they might be able to sort out my problem. It remains a very possibility, and even likelihood that I will have to purchase a new ticket for the remainder of my trip to Bristol and Bath. We shall see. More, as they say, will be revealed.

My reflections on Glasgow are all good. A nice city with very friendly people. I didn’t get around as much as I will in other cities in the forthcoming weeks, but the purpose of my stay was not predominantly tourism. It was wonderful to reconnect an old friend. After reconnecting online nearly twelve years after we were in college together, we have been through quite a lot together via emails, online chat and phone calls here and there when she was in Hawai’i. Five years ago we saw each other for an hour while she was on a layover in Denver as she was on her way to Scotland. So the last week has been filled with stories and catching up, and for me some measure of rest before heading out on my months journey through England and France.

There’s not much ground to cover, or any particular thesis to this post, just to wrap up my time in Glasgow as I am on a four hours journey to Birmingham.

Cheers!