Glasgow & Radisson Blu

A quick walk from the Courtyard to the train station we had our tickets (12.50 GBP) in no time with enough time to spare to get some food at Pret.





It was a nice and easy 1h train ride to Glasgow spent enjoying the countryside, listening to My Dad Wrote a Porno and watching this couple make out the entire trip.



I can't remember whey I decided on the Radisson, probably a mix of price and that we could just walk to it from the train station. On our wanderings we did go by the Marriott down the street in a horrible 70s/80s building.






They let us check in early but it was in a "normal" room which they would make into "Business Class"...all I could tell was that they added a Nespresso machine.





With 26h in Glasgow we really just aimed to wandering around. We ended up walking about 7 miles through the center of the city to West End to Kelvingrove Park and back.





I really liked The Ben Nevis bar where we stopped for a whiskey on Argyle Street.




A decent Chipotle-esque chain called Bar Burrito.



I had wanted to try this Indian place called Chaakoo Bombay Cafe but it was a 90 minute wait and we were doing another escape room at 9. We went around the block to Cote Brasserie which was great. Decent prices, great vibe and good food.




We did "The Blueprint" room at Tick Tock Escape. I liked Escape Hour in Edinburgh more. This one while more polished wasn't as fun. Escape Hour seemed like the guy who hosted it had made it all himself and was a little DYI and more "contraption-y". Tick Tock is an chain with a few locations, I also felt they gave us too many clues too soon. We still managed to do it with 3 minutes to spare.


Breakfast at the Radisson was pretty good. Full buffet, lots of options plus made to order egg dishes.




There is a normal gym that is attached to the hotel that guests can enter for free. For a hotel gym option is was great, for a normal gym it was pretty below average.

Sadly my Icelandair flight and Scott's KLM back to Lyon were about 3h apart so he went to explore more while I headed to the airport. Was a great 3.5 days with one of my best friends. His Dad is Scottish and he's been to EDI/GLA when he was a kid but this trip and seeing the cities has made us want to do a van around the Highlands and rest of Scotland next year for 3 weeks or so.