This Time Glasgow, where the Past Meets the Future, Glasgow, Scotland

Last year, Easter 2017, I have stepped my feet in a country with which I completely fell in love with. That country was Scotland and could not stop thinking about going back since then. So, Easter 2018, had Scotland as a destination as well.

I was afraid the spell would be broken. I thought all reasons for my liking rested upon how lucky I had been with the weather, it was just Edinburg, not the country. Or perhaps that tour I took to the Loch Ness with the best tour guide I could have ever asked for, who dazzled my mind and entertained my fertile imagination with stories of the clans in the highlands.

This time I went to Glasgow and visited Loch Lomond area. And now that I am back, I can seriously say I do love Scotland and I don’t think I have ever felt this way about a place. If this was an actual love story between two people, I could say I am ready for serious commitment. And, believe me, I am never that person.

Perhaps Scotland is my mistress. Is that place that makes me feel free, careless, bringing the best of me to the surface. There is something in the air, I cannot explain. Today I was reading a NatGeo article about ancestry and how we are all connected. How some people were amazed by their DNA tests, finding they had ancestry in parts of the world they would never expect. Maybe many, many, many years ago, someone in my bloodline was from Scotland. Perhaps I share some of that DNA, explaining why I feel like Scotland is like home. Even though I am from the very south of Europe. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).