Land of Pretty Accents

[skroberts]

I leave for Scotland on Friday. Pretty much my whole family is going, so if we don't drive each other completely crazy, we'll be back about a week later. ;)

If anyone has suggestions of places to seek out, let me know. I already have the TARDIS coffee place in Glasgow on my list. Tehe.

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[tehshroom.livejournal.com]

*sniffles*
Take extra care of Tennant when you bring him back to the states. :D

[skroberts]

Oh, I will. I'll use bubble-wrap and everything. ;)

[roadrunner1896.livejournal.com]

Don't forget to make holes for breathing in there. Don't want to kill him, do you?

Are you just staying in Glasgow or will go travel around the country?

[skroberts]

I think we stay a few nights there and then we move around a bit throughout the trip. We sould be travelling all around. :)

[roadrunner1896.livejournal.com]

Okay, I asked my Scotish friends. Will get back at you with their reply. Unless they dare to come over here and talk to you themselves.

[skroberts]

Wow! Thank Claire for me for all the info. I'm not sure what all I'll be able to do as I'm in a group, but I'll pick out some fun things to try. ;)

[roadrunner1896.livejournal.com]

I think as long as you can fit in embarrassing Ross, all is good. ;)

Do you know where else you will go yet?

[skroberts]

I dunno, but I'll try. ;)

This is the website for our travel company. It has a nice little picture of our travel route.

[roadrunner1896.livejournal.com]

andie_306 said this

after living here my entire life i can't think of one place for her go! lol.

i see that someone already mentioned Forbidden Planet on her journal so i'll say A1 Comics is another good geek shop to visit. it's right round the corner from the Tron Theatre, on Chisholm Street. and it's right next door to my favourite resaurant Esca! tell her to go there! the food is soooooo good! and if her waiter is called Ross that would be my brother so tell her to embarass the hell out of him =P

Touristy stuff..... hmm, well there's the open top bus things that do tours, there's the Science Centre, it's fun but probably more for kids, there's my cinema too. she so has to go there it's the tallest cinema in the world and you get some really nice views of Glasgow from the top floor. it's the Cineworld on Renfrew Street.

oh the Kelvingrove Art Gallery just reopened, it looks cool. the Transport Museum is also cool, i loved that when i was a kid, and still do now! Those two are rgiht next to each other, close to Glasgow Uni. There's a bunch of Charles Rennie Mackintosh stuff all over the city, the Art School is in the centre of town so is the Willow Tea Rooms.

there's a lot of stuff listed on this website --> http://www.seeglasgow.com/

can't think of anything else offhand but if i do i'll let you know. does she know what other places she'll be going to? Loch Lommond is pretty but i don't want to tell her it's lovely and then find out she won't be going anywhere near it!

she should go to Edinburgh, even if it's just for a day trip, the Castle is cool and they have a way bigger Forbidden Planet there!

I like how Claire got a nice mixture of cultural and geeky things together there. Hee. Hope it helps a bit with planning your vacation.

[roadrunner1896.livejournal.com]

And a small addition

oh! just thought, some bits of Harry Potter are filmed in Fort William, Glencoe and Glenfinnan she could maybe go there too.

[eternalmusings.livejournal.com]

I don't remember where it is, since I was there three years ago, but there's a store called Forbidden Planet in Glasgow that sells scifi merchandise, and pretty much only scifi merchanidise (also comics, anime, etc). I think it's near a TGI Fridays, if that helps, but you would be better served to look it up in a phonebook. Anyway, I recommend you go in if only to weep at the stuff you can't afford to buy :)

[skroberts]

I visited the one in London earlier this year! I got some nice goodies, but it doesn't hurt to look around again, just in case. ;)

[eternalmusings.livejournal.com]

Oh, I spent several hours in the London store, so nice . . . *drools*

[magickaldreamer.livejournal.com]

Lucky. No fair. *Sniffle.*

[jolinarcarter.livejournal.com]

TARDIS coffee place...?

[skroberts]

So says Kyizi!

http://skroberts.livejournal.com/231611.html?thread=2609595#t2609595

[drumkings.livejournal.com]

:D Whoa, you're so lucky! I wish I knew some places you could go!!! :| BUT YAY SCOTLAND!!!!!

[dyoselin.livejournal.com]

My Glaswegian colleague James insisted on writing out a list of places you MUST check-out. Here. He even took me to Google Earth to show me some of these places. I must admit Glasgow looks very pretty from above, should be prettier up close.

He says the first three on the list are a must. Oh and the Science Museum too! :) Have fun! Enjoy. Remember the pics. Oh heck I don't have to say it as I know you have your camera at the ready as always. :)

[skroberts]

Thanks! I really hope we have time to do must of this stuff. :D

Oh, there will be 13 members of my family taking pictures, so I doubt we'll be lacking in any way. ;)