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Och Aye! Planning a trip to Scotland

Just writing a blogpost because I am very excited. About planning a trip to Scotland. Yes that's right, planning it. I'm not even sure when and if I'm going yet, but the planning alone gets me all giddy.

I was last in Scotland in September 2009 to see Codeine Velvet Club play their début gig in their home town Glasgow. Not the first time I'd been to Glasgow either. Back in 2007, I made my first independent trip to the gritty yet bubbling city that is Glasgow to follow my then all-time obsession The Fratellis and watch them play the SECC. Glasgow introduced me to bars, loud music, the wrong side of the road and very treacherous pink drink that is Cider 'n Black. Black of course being blackcurrant. I didn't actually see much of the city itself, I came in to Glasgow from Aberdeen on the day of the Fratellis gig, went into the bar called Firewater, then went to the SECC, then back to Firewater and back to the hotel at three in the morning only to get on a plane back home several hours later. Same for last September, really.

But yes, I am anticipating the very exciting process of planning another trip to Glasgow! It's going to be in May, because I think I'll want some holiday by then, since work is fun, but one simply needs holidays and can't work all year. I think I'll book a Holiday Inn room because they have disabled access, and they are generally the cheapest good quality chain. Of course a picturesque B&B would be desirable, but it's usually not as accessible. I don't actually know what I want to see or do in Glasgow other than see Codeine Velvet Club. I think maybe visiting the university, if I can find a guide, might be nice and pretty, and of course I'll go see some film in 3D and visit Indie music shops and have tea with celebrities (yea right).

Does anyone else get as excited about planning a trip?