An American in Scotland


My name is Jada, I’m an American, and I’m going to Scotland for six months. I’ll be studying at the University of Glasgow and hopefully living like any 20 year old Scottish college student would. But of course I’ll be American, not Scottish, and the culture shock is sure to be insane. So I’ve decided to document my insanity, starting from about a month and a half before I hop the pond until I return. I hope to share photos and snippets from my daily life with y’all. So this is going to be, starting around January first, a travel/photo/journal blog-contraption. Until then its most likely to be pre-planning blog which will focus on preparing to study abroad for six month and planning travel to several other country’s in Europe as well. Enjoy.

Questions?

13th June 2011

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A train approaching the Exhibition Center Station in Glasgow. If you live in University housing on Kelvinhaugh Street or in non Uni housing anywhere near the Exhibition Centre (a armadillo looking thing on the Clyde River) this train station may be just a  5-10 minute walk. Which is great because it takes you to Glasgow Central in 4 minutes, instead of the ~45+ minute walk you might have otherwise. There you can transfer to Queen’s Street station by going out of Central, taking a right, left at Buchanan, walk up Buchanan, and a right turn at the ‘New Look’ store (across from ‘Urban Outfitters’ / when you see Junction Bar down a side street. Queen Street station is not well labeled if you are on Buchanan Street.  You can see it well from St George square, however. 

A train approaching the Exhibition Center Station in Glasgow. If you live in University housing on Kelvinhaugh Street or in non Uni housing anywhere near the Exhibition Centre (a armadillo looking thing on the Clyde River) this train station may be just a  5-10 minute walk. Which is great because it takes you to Glasgow Central in 4 minutes, instead of the ~45+ minute walk you might have otherwise. There you can transfer to Queen’s Street station by going out of Central, taking a right, left at Buchanan, walk up Buchanan, and a right turn at the ‘New Look’ store (across from ‘Urban Outfitters’ / when you see Junction Bar down a side street. Queen Street station is not well labeled if you are on Buchanan Street.  You can see it well from St George square, however. 

Tagged: traindirectionsGlasgow CentralQueen Street StationGlasgowScotland

  1. skottland reblogged this from anamericaninscotland and added:
    Glasgow, Exhibition Centre :)
  2. sami-anne reblogged this from anamericaninscotland and added:
    i’m always here when i’ve been
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