Scotland!

When I found out I was going to Scotland I immediately started thinking about my grandmother Mackenzie and how I still had some family over there in Glasgow. Even though it would be impossible to find them, I still felt like I was going to a country where my family once left for the new land. I have to tell you as grateful as I am I was a little disappointed to find out that we were only going to be in Scotland for a total of 6 days and covering 2 major cities - Glasgow and Edinburgh, and to top it all off a Smirnoff cabaret event.


We left London’s King Cross train station for a six hour train ride to Glasgow. Now we have been travelling by air, and in some cases boat, so to take a train across the U.K. was going to be a new experience for me. I’ve never really been on a train - at least not one like this - and I have to tell you I really felt like I was on a Euro trip as I watched the beautiful landscape from my window seat pass by. Taking the train rocks because you can sit with your friends and it’s not like an airplane where you feel all clustered up and have no Internet access. I wonder what people did 1000 years ago for fun? Scotland made me think about a lot of things, this country with such a rich history is a perfect gateway into the past with old castles, cathedrals and churches that date back some 900 years ago. This is what I think about when it comes to Europe.



We got to Glasgow where I was greeted by a close friend of mine from Brazil called Saira. It’s always good to see a friend on this journey of ours, it brings the experience to another level.
One of our missions in Glasgow was to go to and film at the Smirnoff Electric Cabaret event. This event was all so exciting for me, they had Smirnoff women passing out water, hats, feather boas, fake moustaches plus there were make-up artists to paint your face, and more. The bands playing were brought from all over the U.K. to rock the house, and even though I hadn’t heard of any of them I was there in the midst of the crowd having fun. The event was a blast and it was especially nice to have a friend to celebrate it with.