If it's Wednesday, it must be Belfast

Yes folks, Wednesday will see me on a flight to Belfast. Unfortunately, I will not be following this with a trip to Dublin. Hostel beds for that week are harder to find than four-leaf clovers. Alas.

That leaves me planning on visiting Manchester, post-Belfast. Manchester is supposed to be really cool, and they have plenty of beds available...

A Canadian I lunched with today described Glasgow as a working town. "It's a bit rough, but has a vibrant angle to it" is more or less what she said next. I think I've seen enough of Glasgow to agree. It's not really a city geared towards tourism, though heaven knows it wasn't easy to find a hostel bed here (three hostel booking websites, and three hours later...).

I actually find it rather interesting to visit someplace that isn't a Tourist Destination. I feel like I have more of an idea of what Glasgow is like, instead of just an idea of what Glasgow's Tourist Destinations are like. It's also nice to be somewhere that you don't feel the pressure of Doing Many Things In One Day. Here, it's easy and far more do-able to see one thing a day, and then just walk a little/take a nap/take it easy for the rest of the day. And not feel guilty about it!!

OK. Time to do a little of that walking around bit.

Ta.