I moved out of the US to Scotland in 1988. I've lived in Ireland for 16 years but am back in Scotland which I love. I personally have loved how Scots were among the first to support Nelson Mandella and the Polish shipworkers and I fell in love with Scots Gaelic songs. Glad you are enjoying this country which is just beautiful and full of such great people.
Ah yes. Nelson Mandella. A member of the Marxist backed terror group Spear of the Nation, responsible for the murder of many, mostly black South Africans
My sister and I made what was my dream trip to the UK a year ago, fall 2023. We did it as inexpensively as we could, stayed in guest houses with toilets up the stairs etc. My sister wanted to stay in hostels (we're in our 50's & 60's) which I know older people do but I prefer things very quiet. We used public transport the entire time of 3.5 weeks. We had carry on luggage due to needing to haul it around on bus's & trains. We spent quite a lot of time in London on each end of our trip, I've been fascinated by London & the entire UK my whole life. I loved some touristy things of course but just wandering around and watching "ordinary life" was amazing. We rented a car only to be able to go to Wigtown in Scotland, somehow our trip coincided with the end of the "Wigtown Book Festival" in Sept. It was possibly the best weekend of my life. Wigtown is very small and has numerous used bookstores including the largest one in Scotland. The owner of that store has written about 4 or 5 books all of which I've read and it was so fun to meet him. Just walked around and talked with people in bookstores! There's one that the town operates as an airb&b. You can rent it for a week or two and run the bookstore beneath it as you want to. It's booked up for several years. Everyone seemed in love with everything to do with books. I was so thrilled to visit and just meet people and have conversations. Plus it's a gorgeous area in addition to that. (Galloway region) We stayed at a place called "The Booktown Bunkhouse" which the town operates for visitors. 3 individual tiny rooms & a shared kitchen right in the main area of town. Had to visit Edinburgh of course as I think it's nearly mandatory for tourists. I love being able to walk and take transport and how normal those things are, as you mentioned. My sister lives in a European country and hasn't owned a vehicle nearly her entire adult life. I live in Anchorage, Ak where life is much more uncomfortable without a vehicle. I currently use bus's now and it's a challenge, especially when it gets to -0 F. Americans are essentially owned by their vehicles. I loved hearing you compare cultural issues. My main emotion after getting back home was "I have to go back". All my life I've been fascinated by the cultures in the different UK countries and I loved seeing small things I'd only read about in real life. I like visiting grocery shops in other countries even. I always felt I should have been born in the UK and Scotland was my favorite place. I want to go back and just visit lots more of Scotland.
I'm glad you enjoyed your trip. Do you visit your sister in Europe? Lots of fascinating and beautiful places to go to. I lived in Greece for 2 years and it's stunning (don't go in the summer). I've been to Scotland a bit but I live in the cotswolds in the west country - I love the west country. Laurie Lee came from very near me, and I've been to Cornwall often, also Wales is lovely. Scotland a bit too rugged, cold and windy for me, so I wouldn't cope well with Alaska I suppose, though I've always thought it looked very beautiful and wild.
Galloway Forest is one of the least light polluted places in the world. We went to Murray’s Monument. Wigtown was great. I know a couple of people who live there. So many beautiful villages and lasses and laddies. I have heritage from all the UK and Eire so I’ve got a lifetime of exploring yet. Not as easy for the folks in the Commonwealth to emigrate to the UK or USA in the last 25 years. I have a great pedigree. But my great great grandparents don’t count and in the USA it’s expensive even if you’re married to a US citizen. We’ll be there soon!
Excellent! It's always nice to hear positive perspectives of this wee nation and some of its policies. I'm 68 and can travel almost everywhere in Scotland by bus - free! Lots of Museums to visit - free also!
Well to be fair. The USA has a lower voltage. We are 240-230 volts. ( I think it changed but I was brought up with 240) So an electic kettle will take FUCKING AGES to heat up. Still I would rather have a decent cuppa than a pile of shite from the microwave.
@@deadbydayinblack boiled water is boiled water. It's more efficient (~90%) to use an immersion element to heat the water than microwave energy (~50%) or a kettle on a stove (60-80% depending on whether it's gas, electric, or induction), but the end result is the same. If you don't believe me try heating up a pint of water in your microwave to boiling point, then using that container of boiled water to prepare your beverage of choice as normal. The problem is when people do daft shite like putting the teabag and all in the microwave, which is obviously boke, to say nothing of the risks of explosive boiling, as microwaves can superheat water and you wouldn't know to look at it.
North American domestic power supply is the way it is. 1500 watts is the usual max power avaliable which is not any use to an electric kettle. In UK we have 3KW.
well I would think that to make tea you need fresh bolied water. I mean when I pour my water in from the kettle its still boling. Dont think you could get that in a microwave. Unless like you said you get that superheated effect. Which is scary as hell in real life I can tell you! I have tried using a microwave and no it did not taste quite right. I dont think some of the more volatile taste compouds came out. But personal choice personal taste.
Nice video, I am based in Bay Area, born in Irvine. Glasgow for me is always about the smells in the air, even the pollutants, takes me back to childhood. The smell in central station of diesel or the smell of the fish and chip shops (cooking with proper fat, or at least it used to be) in the streets and the brewery hops in the air....fantastic. Thanks for the video, under 22s free bus passes....wow
Also free bus pass for 60 n over. Free prescriptions. No bedroom tax....Scottish Government pay it were necessary. The reason I mentioned the bedroom tax is because I've returned home to Scotland after 40 odd yrs in England were I had to pay bedroom tax (my now adult wean was on the tenancy until moving out) Saor Alba 🏴🏴🏴
I really respect the lack of chains. After Hurricane Katrina one of the towns in the coat wouldn’t let wal mart rebuild until all the local businesses opened. It was lasting culture benefits from that decisions that made that town more desirable that many of the surrounding areas
As a Scot ,one thing I actually am not comfortable with is when people drink alcohol on trains. Too many memories of football fans getting tanked up before and after a match when things could get very unpleasant.
You are not supposed to drink on Trains The staff usually turn blind eye if its decent looking folk on way to a concert or something. Groups of lads drunk with cans of beer is not allowed.
@@osopapi maybe on an LNER coming up from England, but it's been banned in Scotland since 2020. Alcohol isn't permitted on any Scotrail trains or in any Scottish train station.
I could not agree more. Drunkeness tends to be a youth thing in Scotland and while the adults can put a fair few drinks away, they are generally well behaved.
I live in Scotland, born and bred 51 years. Scotland is a great place to live but there are lots of changes happening due to world influences and government tampering, it isn't as comfortable and settled as it used to be but I prefer it all day long compared to a lot of the rest of the world. Currently basking in -7 degrees with a foot of snow.
@@sandersson2813 Scotland is a nice country if you live in a nice area and have money. But we have a lot to learn from our peers in Scandinavia and the German-speaking world. Most of all we need to fix the problem with feral kids, who litter, vandalize, steal and take drugs like there's no tomorrow. In many cases they physically attack people, increasingly their female teachers at school. It amazes me that many people in Scotland think that's normal or that 'you can't do anything about it' or worse - 'it's just kids being kids'.
There is good reason to be negative. The country is in a mess thanks to the SNP. There is no reason to think it would be better Independent at all. It's a fat, lazy, unhealthy nation and it has so much to be ashamed of.
We are moving to Scotland in March of next year from Canada.Im originally from Falkirk but raised here in Canada,looking to rent a flat around Linlithgow area if u know anybody renting lol.
Welcome to Scotland. Where you are walking around, I live not a far walk from in Duke Street which is the same road you are walking along known as George Street. It is funny how we call those canned creams squirty cream, it is essentially whipped cream. I know what you are saying about loads of chains in coastal places in the US. I've been in the likes of Asbury Park NJ and Portsmouth NH, where surprisingly there are few chain restaurants and a good amount of independent stores and eateries. It might be different now. As far as alcohol goes, Glasgow and surrounding areas have a bylaw which was introduced in 1996 which bans consumption of alcohol in a public place. Although you will see people drinking in public. Alcohol consumption is banned on all Scotrail trains but you can drink alcohol on long distance trains that go from Glasgow to London and Manchester Airport, in fact those trains sell alcohol on board. Enjoy your time in Germany, it is a great country to visit. I would love to see Berlin.
I recommend a trip up the West Coast of Scotland. Places like Kintail, with the Five Sisters ( mountains ), over to Applecross which you can only reach in the daytime because of windy, narrow mountain roads…Up to Torridon which looks like Lord of the Rings landscape, Ullapool where there is a man called Angus Bruce ( Angus Bruce Photography ) who caters for those looking for landscape photography experience, up to beautiful Lochinver, then back down through Inverness, Fort William and Ben Nevis across to Stirling and down back to Edinburgh 🏴🏴 Apart from the obvious beauty, there are all the inventions this small country has given to the World…including the American Navy for our cousins across the pond ( John Paul Jones )
I enjoy listening to your thoughts about living in Scotland. Great video. I’ve lived 10 years in the states a long time ago and now live outside Glasgee. I understand all your comments. I remember my first trip to America and going in to a toilet/restoom and being surprised by the short doors. It’s fun exploring a country and comparing it 😊
1:15. I’m a Native Scots speaker, (Buchan tongue) I also speak the English language, among others. I’ve driven at length in the USA, and South America, and yes, I was shocked at how awfully similar the states, and South America with regards to road users. In Scotland people generally try to show off, or out do each other by demonstrating how well they know the Highway Code or how courteous they can be towards other road users.
That was quite amusing, very good acrually, sounds like you live just down the coast. From me , the skyline/sunsets etc. for some reason allways appear different each day. Norhern lights . Anyway, I lived in NYC for 19 years so that makes me appreciate your shows more than maybe I should . Very strong winds here in Largs, I think the ferries may have to be called off.Keep up the good work. Very enjoyable.
Your insights about the rabid anti-drinking culture in Okie-dokey help make sense. A while back I had a bad rupture with a woman living there, she laid down some pretty messed up rules including no booze in the house, but insisted on guns. I dodged a bullet, figuratively, and, not impossibly, literally.
I introduced my friend visiting from Scotland to Cool Whip and she can’t get enough of it. Even 4 years later she still brings up about how good it was 🤷♀️ I mean it’s alright, but she has real Cadbury there which is no competition at all 🤣🤣🤣
Fantastic vlog (apart from pronouncing Celtic a wee bit wrong!). I was lucky to be at an age where I learned both Imperial and metric. Glad you're enjoying Glasgow. Subscribed. Cheers.
tip... stop trying to convert from C to F or vice versa. When i was a kid temperatures in the UK were in F but then we just started using C. And you just get used to the new scale without converting.
This was fascinating. I am English (from the north not that far from Scotland) and most of this applies equally to England. Not Irn Bru! You know I've watched quite a few videos by Americans living in the UK and they nearly always mention 'meal deals'. 😂 But what I like about these videos is that you really do notice all the things you talk about. Great video.
Cool video mate, glad you are enjoying living in Scotland. Football wise, you should support the famous Partick Thistle, they are much bigger than Rangers or Celtic. You should head up to the Isle of Skye at some point, it’s great living up here👍 All the best Daddio🍺
Evolution of Pronunciation: Over time, the word "Celtic" entered French, where the initial "c" before an "e" or "i" is typically pronounced as an "s" sound. This French pronunciation influenced the English pronunciation, leading to the "seltic" variant. - Gemini
There are numerous great areas to live, though consider also the space between where you stay and where you work - is it one you will enjoy walking or travelling through? That is important in Glasgow because as much as you might love the place, the dreary weather and grey skies can be depressing for anyone who isn't an inherently sunshine-y personality. A great area to live is the West End...up by the University of Glasgow, Botanic Gardens, and Kelvingrove Museum & Art Gallery. Not only are there fabulous residential streets, there are all the amenities you will need on the likes of Byers Road. In Glasgow there is a Subway system. It is of a circular 'loop' layout. One line goes one way, the other goes the other way - it is impossible to get lost. And it's a rather short run from the heart of the commercial district (Buchannan Street) out to Byers Road (Hillhead Station). The walking journey is interrupted by n overhead motorway, though acceptable given the benefits of West End living. I suggest you do some Streetview 'walking' on Google Maps to get a sense. Scotland is fabulous. And in Glasgow you're only 45 minutes away by train (Queen Street Stn. to Waverley Station). My most recent bus ride was £9 single or £10 for an open return ticket. Just one thing: live with the weather, don't fight it. It's a mental thing. Grey is fine and will make you appreciate the sunshine. Cheers!
Do you really find parking in Glasgow that difficult? I think Glasgow might have some of the best parking of any UK city. There's plenty of free street parking in the evening. Some of my favourite car parks are the q park at st enoch, the q park on Sauchiehall street and concert square car park. There's also a couple of park and ride stations on the underground that are useful. Some of the junctions heading out of the city are confusing and the sliproads off the M8 that leave from the right give me the fear every time but it's a very driveable city
Trains are about the only public place you can drink, apart from obvious licensed premises. it is illegal to drink on a bus, on the street, in the park etc
Didn’t know about the kettle thing! One thing I will say is the was you say the football team Celtic is an ‘s’ so like seltic just if u don’t want to sound so American especially in Glasgow lol. Great video might be doing the reverse of what you done and looking to the US to move
Don't see the stumbling block with centigrade. It's just mathematical common-sense. 0-100, where zero is freezing and 100 is boiling point of water (at sea level, at least). Fahrenheit? What's that all about?
I'm an expat American in Scotland since childhood which is over 40 years. I will never set foot back in the U.S while Trump is there. If it wasn't for my paternal family in Ohio I'd revoke my citizenship. Actually considering it I'm so disgusted. I'm fully Scottish now anyway.
Squirty cream isn't really cream if you look at the ingredients. I want proper cream for fruit or puddings. Squirty cream is a funny name though. I prefer saying 'pop' or fizzy pop, rather than 'soda'. Scots say 'ginger' which I like too.
Boston Sellticks. Wee bit o the dram and some oatcakes. Everyone is Glasgow was luvverly. I’d never go to Starbucks or McDonald’s. Not sure why so many people like the garbage. Rather do Sainsbury’s or M&S find a bargain 😂
What I love about my Country compared to the USA, I can drink the water from the lochs and many rivers that tastes much better than any other water world wide! I love going up north where the real Scotland is, better still the isles of Scotland! You haven't seen nothing yet Peter if you just hang about in the towns of Glasgow/Edinburgh! I am an old man now, but I have seen/been to most parts of Scotland and there is no better Country like it, and Yes I have been to the States, they have fluorine in their water, They have prisoners in open aired trucks! But I like that there are police cars on most roads and the speed limit is usually 60mph. Scotland have no guns or policemen who think that they are above the law! There is good and bad in every Country, but there is only one Scotland!
Have too explain about the C word reference that it could mean nothing at all too any outsider from glasgow all the time, even if its just to see their reaction always catches a good giggle when explained well lol
@@davidboyce8683Thanks. There aren’t a lot of options in USA anymore. Family is getting smaller and if you’re not in a small town and own decent real estate? I’d rather travel while I can. Been there done that with USA and if there’s gonna be shenanigans in the next few years we’re heading somewhere else. Too many renegades. Trillions of debt. Trillions on a wall. Military checkpoints etc. Reminds me of WW2 and history of 100 years ago. People would 🩸 on the streets over no flour. Cuban Missile crisis was like 2020-21. Things have changed. My buddy in Canada emigrated to Canada in the sixties and he’s getting tired of things. But Canada isn’t as 2A/NRA/Christian Authoritarian and so nationalistic. People are more chill in rural areas which is the same pretty well anywhere in the world. If you’re not a traveler, enjoy America!
@@davidboyce8683 All over Europe, UK, Ireland, and most of the states except Oregon and the northeast Maine etc. Also I haven’t been to Florida yet. Had to work. You’re new to the US! May as well be DEi. I have >500 years of heritage and DNA from everywhere except Asia. Just say you a MAGAT! 🤣
Free travel for anyone between those ages who are ill and whose illness limits their ability to travel. Coca cola tried to sell BARRS (Company that makes Irn Bru) back in the 60's or so, claiming that the shape of its bottle could be mistaken for a cola bottle, the case was laughed out of court as Cola did not sell ANY soft drinks at the time in Scotland, it sold a little in England and the lawyers of the company totally failed geography and thought that because it sold a little in England that meant it sold soft drinks in Scotland, it didn't. You've been here four years and you don't know how to pronounce Celtic? in reference to a football team? It's not "The Keltics" its Celtic (Seltic) Its not a Boston Basketball team with a K. You know like how the Boston Celtics are pronounced? The team who took that name from here?
Peter, the real reason oor beaches are not covered in chain stores and hotels is because 95% of the time it is freezing, or as we say BALTIC lol. Too many others have mentioned the pronunciation of Celtic, but you really should try going to a live game or twelve to get the full experience. It will also vastly improve your education in swearing lol.
hope you enjoy Glasgow. But it is Celtic, oddly pronounced SELL-TICK singular, it also has no THE as a Prefix. Similarly, it is Glasgow Rangers or Rangers, not THE Rangers.
If you are in Glasgow and pronounce it Keltic, nobody will know what you are talking about, it is pronounced Seltic. I live in the Highlands and have a distillery named after the town and rural living without a car means you don't go many places.
Spray cream and spray cheese ain’t either it’s just shit in a can . The “C” word ain’t exclusive to Glasgow it’s just that there’s more of them there , ha, ha, just kidding . Hi from the highlands , Gods own country .
scotland, ireland, wales need to distinguish themselves from england and preserve their culture, UK is a wikipedia entry and no more, let the brits enjoy their DEI,
6:20 Please bear in mind that Scots law and the justice system is completely separate from that of England and Wales. We also have a real constitution which is still live in Scotland. (Claim of right 1689) it was ratified as recently as 2018 by the London parliament. The Anglo-British state fear this, as more and more of us Scots are becoming aware of the truth.
We moved to Aberdeen after 12 years in the US, best decision we ever made. Love it!
I moved out of the US to Scotland in 1988. I've lived in Ireland for 16 years but am back in Scotland which I love. I personally have loved how Scots were among the first to support Nelson Mandella and the Polish shipworkers and I fell in love with Scots Gaelic songs. Glad you are enjoying this country which is just beautiful and full of such great people.
Ah yes. Nelson Mandella. A member of the Marxist backed terror group Spear of the Nation, responsible for the murder of many, mostly black South Africans
Scotland is not beautiful and the people are not great. You must be thinking of somewhere else.
I don't know where you got that from.
Scotland is mines I’ve claimed it for my people it’s healthy to see Americans enjoying and having a good experience fill your boots sir.
Wow I have to read more about the ship supporting Scotland thing.
My sister and I made what was my dream trip to the UK a year ago, fall 2023. We did it as inexpensively as we could, stayed in guest houses with toilets up the stairs etc. My sister wanted to stay in hostels (we're in our 50's & 60's) which I know older people do but I prefer things very quiet. We used public transport the entire time of 3.5 weeks. We had carry on luggage due to needing to haul it around on bus's & trains. We spent quite a lot of time in London on each end of our trip, I've been fascinated by London & the entire UK my whole life. I loved some touristy things of course but just wandering around and watching "ordinary life" was amazing. We rented a car only to be able to go to Wigtown in Scotland, somehow our trip coincided with the end of the "Wigtown Book Festival" in Sept. It was possibly the best weekend of my life. Wigtown is very small and has numerous used bookstores including the largest one in Scotland. The owner of that store has written about 4 or 5 books all of which I've read and it was so fun to meet him. Just walked around and talked with people in bookstores! There's one that the town operates as an airb&b. You can rent it for a week or two and run the bookstore beneath it as you want to. It's booked up for several years. Everyone seemed in love with everything to do with books. I was so thrilled to visit and just meet people and have conversations. Plus it's a gorgeous area in addition to that. (Galloway region) We stayed at a place called "The Booktown Bunkhouse" which the town operates for visitors. 3 individual tiny rooms & a shared kitchen right in the main area of town. Had to visit Edinburgh of course as I think it's nearly mandatory for tourists. I love being able to walk and take transport and how normal those things are, as you mentioned. My sister lives in a European country and hasn't owned a vehicle nearly her entire adult life. I live in Anchorage, Ak where life is much more uncomfortable without a vehicle. I currently use bus's now and it's a challenge, especially when it gets to -0 F. Americans are essentially owned by their vehicles. I loved hearing you compare cultural issues. My main emotion after getting back home was "I have to go back". All my life I've been fascinated by the cultures in the different UK countries and I loved seeing small things I'd only read about in real life. I like visiting grocery shops in other countries even. I always felt I should have been born in the UK and Scotland was my favorite place. I want to go back and just visit lots more of Scotland.
I'm glad you enjoyed your trip. Do you visit your sister in Europe? Lots of fascinating and beautiful places to go to. I lived in Greece for 2 years and it's stunning (don't go in the summer). I've been to Scotland a bit but I live in the cotswolds in the west country - I love the west country. Laurie Lee came from very near me, and I've been to Cornwall often, also Wales is lovely. Scotland a bit too rugged, cold and windy for me, so I wouldn't cope well with Alaska I suppose, though I've always thought it looked very beautiful and wild.
@@emilydavison2053You’re very posh living the Cotswolds!
Galloway Forest is one of the least light polluted places in the world. We went to Murray’s Monument. Wigtown was great. I know a couple of people who live there. So many beautiful villages and lasses and laddies. I have heritage from all the UK and Eire so I’ve got a lifetime of exploring yet. Not as easy for the folks in the Commonwealth to emigrate to the UK or USA in the last 25 years. I have a great pedigree. But my great great grandparents don’t count and in the USA it’s expensive even if you’re married to a US citizen. We’ll be there soon!
@@Dellelonaronno Galloway Forest is where you meant. Galway is in Ireland.
@@robertfoulkes1832 Thanks! 👌🏼 Spellcheck. Fixed it.
Been to Galway, too. 🙏
Excellent! It's always nice to hear positive perspectives of this wee nation and some of its policies. I'm 68 and can travel almost everywhere in Scotland by bus - free! Lots of Museums to visit - free also!
What a great video. Thanks for coming to live in Scotland.
5:26 The football team are pronounced "sell-tik", btw.
I love the street tour while you are educating us on living in Scotland. Great video thank you for making these videos.
Glad you love my country, hope you continue to enjoy your time in Scotland
Lol....Americans surprised about electric kettles cracks me up 😂
Well to be fair. The USA has a lower voltage. We are 240-230 volts. ( I think it changed but I was brought up with 240)
So an electic kettle will take FUCKING AGES to heat up. Still I would rather have a decent cuppa than a pile of shite from the microwave.
@@deadbydayinblack boiled water is boiled water. It's more efficient (~90%) to use an immersion element to heat the water than microwave energy (~50%) or a kettle on a stove (60-80% depending on whether it's gas, electric, or induction), but the end result is the same. If you don't believe me try heating up a pint of water in your microwave to boiling point, then using that container of boiled water to prepare your beverage of choice as normal.
The problem is when people do daft shite like putting the teabag and all in the microwave, which is obviously boke, to say nothing of the risks of explosive boiling, as microwaves can superheat water and you wouldn't know to look at it.
North American domestic power supply is the way it is. 1500 watts is the usual max power avaliable which is not any use to an electric kettle. In UK we have 3KW.
well I would think that to make tea you need fresh bolied water. I mean when I pour my water in from the kettle its still boling. Dont think you could get that in a microwave. Unless like you said you get that superheated effect. Which is scary as hell in real life I can tell you!
I have tried using a microwave and no it did not taste quite right. I dont think some of the more volatile taste compouds came out. But personal choice personal taste.
110v takes weeks to boil , likely to evaporate before it boils
Nice video, I am based in Bay Area, born in Irvine. Glasgow for me is always about the smells in the air, even the pollutants, takes me back to childhood. The smell in central station of diesel or the smell of the fish and chip shops (cooking with proper fat, or at least it used to be) in the streets and the brewery hops in the air....fantastic. Thanks for the video, under 22s free bus passes....wow
Also free bus pass for 60 n over.
Free prescriptions.
No bedroom tax....Scottish Government pay it were necessary.
The reason I mentioned the bedroom tax is because I've returned home to Scotland after 40 odd yrs in England were I had to pay bedroom tax (my now adult wean was on the tenancy until moving out)
Saor Alba 🏴🏴🏴
I'm in Perth Western Australia and it's the same as the USA fast food everywhere.
I can still recall the smell of coal smoke on the street in front of my granny's house in Gartcosh.
I really respect the lack of chains. After Hurricane Katrina one of the towns in the coat wouldn’t let wal mart rebuild until all the local businesses opened. It was lasting culture benefits from that decisions that made that town more desirable that many of the surrounding areas
As a Scot ,one thing I actually am not comfortable with is when people drink alcohol on trains. Too many memories of football fans getting tanked up before and after a match when things could get very unpleasant.
You are not supposed to drink on Trains The staff usually turn blind eye if its decent looking folk on way to a concert or something. Groups of lads drunk with cans of beer is not allowed.
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@@Hercules_88 you can buy alcohol on trains.
@@osopapi maybe on an LNER coming up from England, but it's been banned in Scotland since 2020. Alcohol isn't permitted on any Scotrail trains or in any Scottish train station.
I could not agree more. Drunkeness tends to be a youth thing in Scotland and while the adults can put a fair few drinks away, they are generally well behaved.
lovely people and country
Always interesting videos and good to see someone with a calm and balanced opinion on Scotland. Keep up the good work...
I am enjoying your videos on Scotland. Makes me want to move there, LOL. Thanks for sharing!
Love the Weegies. Looks like George Square is all set up for the Christmas markets
I love seeing these types of videos maybe as a Govanite I’m not aware of a lot of things but then I’ve never travelled much.
I would love to live in Scotland. You are very lucky.
I live in Scotland, born and bred 51 years. Scotland is a great place to live but there are lots of changes happening due to world influences and government tampering, it isn't as comfortable and settled as it used to be but I prefer it all day long compared to a lot of the rest of the world. Currently basking in -7 degrees with a foot of snow.
Having lived in other European countries, Scotland is pretty run down and problem ridden.
@@sandersson2813 Scotland is a nice country if you live in a nice area and have money. But we have a lot to learn from our peers in Scandinavia and the German-speaking world. Most of all we need to fix the problem with feral kids, who litter, vandalize, steal and take drugs like there's no tomorrow. In many cases they physically attack people, increasingly their female teachers at school. It amazes me that many people in Scotland think that's normal or that 'you can't do anything about it' or worse - 'it's just kids being kids'.
@jbjaguar2717 I lived in Norway, and Scotland is a dump by comparison. I have money in Scotland and it's still annoying
@@sandersson2813There's areas of Oslo that look like dumping grounds..................shithole of a place with delusions of grandeur.
As a Scotsman this is refreshing to hear amid the constant negativity of the majority of native Scots right now.
Utter nonsense the negativity comes from the unionist is scotland .Scotland needs it's independence
Saor Alba 🏴🏴🏴
100% agree @@saorsa5
There is good reason to be negative. The country is in a mess thanks to the SNP.
There is no reason to think it would be better Independent at all.
It's a fat, lazy, unhealthy nation and it has so much to be ashamed of.
We are moving to Scotland in March of next year from Canada.Im originally from Falkirk but raised here in Canada,looking to rent a flat around Linlithgow area if u know anybody renting lol.
Thanks for the great content
Peter, you're looking great. It's good to see your takes again.
Welcome to Scotland. Where you are walking around, I live not a far walk from in Duke Street which is the same road you are walking along known as George Street. It is funny how we call those canned creams squirty cream, it is essentially whipped cream. I know what you are saying about loads of chains in coastal places in the US. I've been in the likes of Asbury Park NJ and Portsmouth NH, where surprisingly there are few chain restaurants and a good amount of independent stores and eateries. It might be different now. As far as alcohol goes, Glasgow and surrounding areas have a bylaw which was introduced in 1996 which bans consumption of alcohol in a public place. Although you will see people drinking in public. Alcohol consumption is banned on all Scotrail trains but you can drink alcohol on long distance trains that go from Glasgow to London and Manchester Airport, in fact those trains sell alcohol on board. Enjoy your time in Germany, it is a great country to visit. I would love to see Berlin.
For the temperature.
Just say it's 5 degrees.
Tae convert.
You Double it and Add 30
= 40 degrees.
Hope it helps
I recommend a trip up the West Coast of Scotland. Places like Kintail, with the Five Sisters ( mountains ), over to Applecross which you can only reach in the daytime because of windy, narrow mountain roads…Up to Torridon which looks like Lord of the Rings landscape, Ullapool where there is a man called Angus Bruce ( Angus Bruce Photography ) who caters for those looking for landscape photography experience, up to beautiful Lochinver, then back down through Inverness, Fort William and Ben Nevis across to Stirling and down back to Edinburgh 🏴🏴 Apart from the obvious beauty, there are all the inventions this small country has given to the World…including the American Navy for our cousins across the pond ( John Paul Jones )
Toilets must be GAP free so you can do your business in peace and feel relaxed and safe. The public loo in a shop in New York freaked me out.
Cool Video and True !! Never been to Scotland but Irish here living in the States for 40 years with similar thoughts on Ireland.
I enjoy listening to your thoughts about living in Scotland. Great video. I’ve lived 10 years in the states a long time ago and now live outside Glasgee. I understand all your comments. I remember my first trip to America and going in to a toilet/restoom and being surprised by the short doors. It’s fun exploring a country and comparing it 😊
I’ve got a American couple living above me ,the guy said to me that he prefers Scotland to America
If you hate the sun, you're going to love it
Hahaha also buy a set of thermals under wear and a sunlamp.
1:15. I’m a Native Scots speaker, (Buchan tongue) I also speak the English language, among others. I’ve driven at length in the USA, and South America, and yes, I was shocked at how awfully similar the states, and South America with regards to road users.
In Scotland people generally try to show off, or out do each other by demonstrating how well they know the Highway Code or how courteous they can be towards other road users.
Most Canadians have kettles too, stove top or electric
Along with that strange mixture of the metric and imperial systems.
Hope you are enjoying Scotland, that's quite a move you made!
That was quite amusing, very good acrually, sounds like you live just down the coast. From me , the skyline/sunsets etc. for some reason allways appear different each day. Norhern lights . Anyway, I lived in NYC for 19 years so that makes me appreciate your shows more than maybe I should . Very strong winds here in Largs, I think the ferries may have to be called off.Keep up the good work. Very enjoyable.
Bus pass is free from 60 years old.
Skooshy cream 😊
Your insights about the rabid anti-drinking culture in Okie-dokey help make sense. A while back I had a bad rupture with a woman living there, she laid down some pretty messed up rules including no booze in the house, but insisted on guns. I dodged a bullet, figuratively, and, not impossibly, literally.
The amount of Americans I’ve heard talk about meal deals 😂 You’ve been here four years and it was still top of the list 😂
That tickles me.
Nice video my dude ✌️ currently living on the Isle of Mull
Park in the Gorbals and walk over the pedestrian bridge into Glasgow Green. Ten minutes walk into city centre. No parking fees
Great UA-cam posts - keep them coming!
Thank you! I’ve got lots more coming out, fingers crossed I should be more consistent with them going forward 😂
I introduced my friend visiting from Scotland to Cool Whip and she can’t get enough of it. Even 4 years later she still brings up about how good it was 🤷♀️ I mean it’s alright, but she has real Cadbury there which is no competition at all 🤣🤣🤣
@@FionaMacDonald Canada’s Cadbury was way better last time we tried. Not as cheap as the Hershey style Easter bunny’s chocolate
Hi , I’m Scottish and live in Tennessee , would love to move back . Still homesick after 32 years !
Fantastic vlog (apart from pronouncing Celtic a wee bit wrong!). I was lucky to be at an age where I learned both Imperial and metric. Glad you're enjoying Glasgow. Subscribed. Cheers.
tip... stop trying to convert from C to F or vice versa. When i was a kid temperatures in the UK were in F but then we just started using C. And you just get used to the new scale without converting.
This was fascinating. I am English (from the north not that far from Scotland) and most of this applies equally to England. Not Irn Bru! You know I've watched quite a few videos by Americans living in the UK and they nearly always mention 'meal deals'. 😂 But what I like about these videos is that you really do notice all the things you talk about. Great video.
Cool video mate, glad you are enjoying living in Scotland. Football wise, you should support the famous Partick Thistle, they are much bigger than Rangers or Celtic. You should head up to the Isle of Skye at some point, it’s great living up here👍 All the best Daddio🍺
Irn Bru tastes like orange, not the fruit though, the colour :)
The football team Glasgow Celtic is pronounced Selltick, not sure why as everything else is pronounced Keltic.
Evolution of Pronunciation:
Over time, the word "Celtic" entered French, where the initial "c" before an "e" or "i" is typically pronounced as an "s" sound.
This French pronunciation influenced the English pronunciation, leading to the "seltic" variant. - Gemini
Hey Peter I’m planning on relocating in two years. My firm has an office in Glasgow. Any important advice for me?
Glasgow buildings are awesome ❤❤❤
There are numerous great areas to live, though consider also the space between where you stay and where you work - is it one you will enjoy walking or travelling through? That is important in Glasgow because as much as you might love the place, the dreary weather and grey skies can be depressing for anyone who isn't an inherently sunshine-y personality.
A great area to live is the West End...up by the University of Glasgow, Botanic Gardens, and Kelvingrove Museum & Art Gallery. Not only are there fabulous residential streets, there are all the amenities you will need on the likes of Byers Road.
In Glasgow there is a Subway system. It is of a circular 'loop' layout. One line goes one way, the other goes the other way - it is impossible to get lost. And it's a rather short run from the heart of the commercial district (Buchannan Street) out to Byers Road (Hillhead Station). The walking journey is interrupted by n overhead motorway, though acceptable given the benefits of West End living. I suggest you do some Streetview 'walking' on Google Maps to get a sense.
Scotland is fabulous. And in Glasgow you're only 45 minutes away by train (Queen Street Stn. to Waverley Station). My most recent bus ride was £9 single or £10 for an open return ticket.
Just one thing: live with the weather, don't fight it. It's a mental thing. Grey is fine and will make you appreciate the sunshine.
Cheers!
We could adopt you in Aberdeen Peter! Come see us!
You forgot the love of gray sky and rain
Do you really find parking in Glasgow that difficult? I think Glasgow might have some of the best parking of any UK city. There's plenty of free street parking in the evening. Some of my favourite car parks are the q park at st enoch, the q park on Sauchiehall street and concert square car park. There's also a couple of park and ride stations on the underground that are useful.
Some of the junctions heading out of the city are confusing and the sliproads off the M8 that leave from the right give me the fear every time but it's a very driveable city
Also 24 hr clock.. timetables in the us are very confusing with am and pm.
5.30, love how you pronounced Keltic, it's pronounced like Seltic.
was in Stirling, Scotland for a while, and thought that they drove like crazy people
You look so much healthier than you did 4 years ago
My American friend tried Irn Bru and said it tasted like Love Hearts, the sweets.
Trains are about the only public place you can drink, apart from obvious licensed premises. it is illegal to drink on a bus, on the street, in the park etc
Scotrail have a ban on alcohol.
Freezing = 0. Boiling = 100. So difficult to understand. . . 🤣
Trolling old firm fans? You're practically a native Scot already, lad.
It is our well rounded , sensible, sober, drug free, liberally minded, healthy eating people that does it for me.
Didn’t know about the kettle thing! One thing I will say is the was you say the football team Celtic is an ‘s’ so like seltic just if u don’t want to sound so American especially in Glasgow lol. Great video might be doing the reverse of what you done and looking to the US to move
My favourite part of Britain 🇬🇧
Don't see the stumbling block with centigrade. It's just mathematical common-sense. 0-100, where zero is freezing and 100 is boiling point of water (at sea level, at least). Fahrenheit? What's that all about?
Yes, i go with C for low temps, as fresh water freezes at 0 and i can relate. But 70 degrees in F i understand, its the guage for hot in Scotland.
@@carraw350170°f in Scotland = Taps aff 😂
Sell - tick...not Kell - tick.
"The Keltiks"... 😀
That did make me laugh - obviously not watching enough football 🤣
Nice example of old firm pettiness 😂
Paedo scum?
@@charlesmclaughlin4444 Boston says Celtics
How long did it take you to realise you werent in Ireland?
I'm an expat American in Scotland since childhood which is over 40 years. I will never set foot back in the U.S while Trump is there. If it wasn't for my paternal family in Ohio I'd revoke my citizenship. Actually considering it I'm so disgusted. I'm fully Scottish now anyway.
Tuck Frump. 👍
The lez zones upi should have epoke about that for toutists and the nhs
The closest thing to Irn Bru in the US is Big Red - although I’ve not seen Big Red outwith Texas
@@ianyoung6881 orange Campari with some copper pennies
Celtic is pronounced Selltick. Good video!
Squirty cream isn't really cream if you look at the ingredients. I want proper cream for fruit or puddings. Squirty cream is a funny name though. I prefer saying 'pop' or fizzy pop, rather than 'soda'. Scots say 'ginger' which I like too.
Liked and subscribed by the way!
"The Celtics" lol that's a US basketball team. The old firm football team is called Celtic and it's pronounced Sell-Tick.
It’s not pronounced Keltic, it’s like Seltic. Or sometimes they drop the t and it’s Sellick
Boston Sellticks. Wee bit o the dram and some oatcakes. Everyone is Glasgow was luvverly. I’d never go to Starbucks or McDonald’s. Not sure why so many people like the garbage. Rather do Sainsbury’s or M&S find a bargain 😂
@@brianmuir9059 you’re the tenth comments with soft C selling
What I love about my Country compared to the USA, I can drink the water from the lochs and many rivers that tastes much better than any other water world wide! I love going up north where the real Scotland is, better still the isles of Scotland! You haven't seen nothing yet Peter if you just hang about in the towns of Glasgow/Edinburgh! I am an old man now, but I have seen/been to most parts of Scotland and there is no better Country like it, and Yes I have been to the States, they have fluorine in their water, They have prisoners in open aired trucks! But I like that there are police cars on most roads and the speed limit is usually 60mph. Scotland have no guns or policemen who think that they are above the law! There is good and bad in every Country, but there is only one Scotland!
Enjoyed. 😂
Have too explain about the C word reference that it could mean nothing at all too any outsider from glasgow all the time, even if its just to see their reaction always catches a good giggle when explained well lol
I was born in Glasgow and moved to the U.S 30 years ago. I still visit family back in Scotland, but I would never move back .
I would
@Dellelonaronno well ...... good luck with that.
@@davidboyce8683Thanks. There aren’t a lot of options in USA anymore. Family is getting smaller and if you’re not in a small town and own decent real estate? I’d rather travel while I can. Been there done that with USA and if there’s gonna be shenanigans in the next few years we’re heading somewhere else. Too many renegades. Trillions of debt. Trillions on a wall. Military checkpoints etc. Reminds me of WW2 and history of 100 years ago. People would 🩸 on the streets over no flour. Cuban Missile crisis was like 2020-21. Things have changed. My buddy in Canada emigrated to Canada in the sixties and he’s getting tired of things. But Canada isn’t as 2A/NRA/Christian Authoritarian and so nationalistic. People are more chill in rural areas which is the same pretty well anywhere in the world. If you’re not a traveler, enjoy America!
@@DellelonaronnoWOW , you've, never actually ever lived or been anywhere have you ?
@@davidboyce8683 All over Europe, UK, Ireland, and most of the states except Oregon and the northeast Maine etc. Also I haven’t been to Florida yet. Had to work. You’re new to the US! May as well be DEi. I have >500 years of heritage and DNA from everywhere except Asia. Just say you a MAGAT! 🤣
Loved how you said about iron bru its not alcoholic lol.
Alcoholic irn bru is definitely a missed opportunity by AG Barr 😂😂😂
Good cu ts everyone
Free travel for anyone between those ages who are ill and whose illness limits their ability to travel. Coca cola tried to sell BARRS (Company that makes Irn Bru) back in the 60's or so, claiming that the shape of its bottle could be mistaken for a cola bottle, the case was laughed out of court as Cola did not sell ANY soft drinks at the time in Scotland, it sold a little in England and the lawyers of the company totally failed geography and thought that because it sold a little in England that meant it sold soft drinks in Scotland, it didn't.
You've been here four years and you don't know how to pronounce Celtic? in reference to a football team? It's not "The Keltics" its Celtic (Seltic) Its not a Boston Basketball team with a K. You know like how the Boston Celtics are pronounced? The team who took that name from here?
You do know you can correct someone without being so snooty and snobby about it, right? Gee the boy a chance, jezus.
Yeah, mate. Scotland is definitely not Oklahoma. 😂❤
Peter, the real reason oor beaches are not covered in chain stores and hotels is because 95% of the time it is freezing, or as we say BALTIC lol. Too many others have mentioned the pronunciation of Celtic, but you really should try going to a live game or twelve to get the full experience. It will also vastly improve your education in swearing lol.
The public beach in Aberdeen is where you go to get frostbite. In summer.
@@lorddaver5729Aberdeen (Obar Dheathan) is actually a Gaelic word and when translated into English, it means hypothermia. 😂
hope you enjoy Glasgow. But it is Celtic, oddly pronounced SELL-TICK singular, it also has no THE as a Prefix. Similarly, it is Glasgow Rangers or Rangers, not THE Rangers.
It is THE Rangers.
@@sigersonic it’s the most noticed error.
You've lived in Scotland 4 years and still can't pronounce Celtic correctly...shocking 😅
@@claymorecuts87 it’s Gaelic. Jk
If you are in Glasgow and pronounce it Keltic, nobody will know what you are talking about, it is pronounced Seltic. I live in the Highlands and have a distillery named after the town and rural living without a car means you don't go many places.
Hare irn bru, never been the same sibce it was changed
Personally I do enjoy the “new” irn bru, but 1901 is definitely tastier.
Irn bru tastes like Irn Bru.
We have telephones and TV in Scotland. Which country invented them?😂😂😂
Irn Bru close to "bubblegum flavour"????? WTF??? NONSENSE!!
Thank fuck for the Scottish weather
How is it possible to have moved to Scotland 4 years ago and call Celtic "The Celtics" like that?
The keltics 💀
lol
@@NicholasEV1986 NBA Boston Shelltics in Sean Connery-speak lol
Buses are not that plentiful outside central belt!
If You stay in countryside and don't have a car your fucked!
Spray cream and spray cheese ain’t either it’s just shit in a can . The “C” word ain’t exclusive to Glasgow it’s just that there’s more of them there , ha, ha, just kidding . Hi from the highlands , Gods own country .
After nine years in the country you still don;t know how to pronounce Celtic?
4 years, not 9.🤦♂️🤣🤣🤣
@@jimclark1374 touchy crowd here
scotland, ireland, wales need to distinguish themselves from england and preserve their culture, UK is a wikipedia entry and no more, let the brits enjoy their DEI,
6:20 Please bear in mind that Scots law and the justice system is completely separate from that of England and Wales. We also have a real constitution which is still live in Scotland. (Claim of right 1689) it was ratified as recently as 2018 by the London parliament. The Anglo-British state fear this, as more and more of us Scots are becoming aware of the truth.
Britain is not a country scotland ends independence now.