What do you love about Scotland?

@williebauld1007

2 жыл бұрын

Everything! But I’m Scottish a maybe a wee tad biased

@neilmorrison7356

2 жыл бұрын

It’s home!

@chrisdownie9622

2 жыл бұрын

Scotland is my home and it is truly an amazing place. Scottish food is so much more than deep fried things though. (By the way, a deep fried pizza is called a Pizza Crunch in Glasgow). When you’re here next you have to try our venison and sea food, Scottish tablet, porridge, our berries, square sausage. There’s so much!

@campbellgraham1979

2 жыл бұрын

Might not sound much but my fave thing about here in Scotland is the tap water. The only time I buy bottled water is when I go to England and Wales. Both nice countries but the water stinks!

@garethlewis2258

2 жыл бұрын

I love that I live in The Town ( Glasgow ) and within half an hour I can be on the shores of Loch Lomond 😁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

We Scots are very welcoming and we love our country and are so proud of it. It's the most beautiful country ever. So happy you were made feel so welcome. Hope you return soon !!!

I think the pride and friendliness we have in Scotland might be tied together in how we're a very community driven folk, particularly in the smaller towns and villages where everyone seems to know each other. Its almost like everyone in Scotland is part of one big extended family and when people visit we're hosting you in our home.

My husband and myself go to oban every year and we still have the same feelings of awe each time we go, Scotland is FABULOUS. I am from the North east of England so I am chatty and will talk to anyone so for me the Scots are wonderful people.

@daviel6595

2 жыл бұрын

We are good people But midges rain is why I look at Scotland on KZread and go to Spain sad

@Psmith-ek5hq

Жыл бұрын

Interesting. . .One of my best friend's wife is a Geordie. . .and they've been to Oban a fair few times, though I'm not sure they go every year. May I ask, where is your husband from?

@cyrilsmith4008

Жыл бұрын

@@daviel6595 dude midges rain-the temp todayt in scotland 38degreesa celcius-

@daviel6595

Жыл бұрын

@@cyrilsmith4008 hot

I'm reminded of the story of a British rock group that toured the USA and then returned to Britain with some US crew that set up their equipment. They set off from London heading to Scotland. They asked the 2 Americans if they had work permits for Scotland. They said no, they only had the one they'd been issued with. They made them hide for 2 hours in the (very small) tour bus toilet so when they wouldn't be found by 'the border guards' as they entered Scotland. To add authenticity, they stopped in a lay-bye on the way and one of the team who was Scottish went round banging doors and asking questions in a loud Scottish accent. They didn't tell them it was all a joke for a week.

@Cootsy69

2 жыл бұрын

We used to do something similar on the borer ofwales we used to hide the new lads in the car boot but instead of telling them it was a joke we sent them in to a post office in Wales to ask 4 an English visa 😂😂

@ymg8057

2 жыл бұрын

The punk band, Stiff little Fingers apparently did this to their support act The Members (of "Sound of the Suburbs" fame), when touring Ireland, claiming that they would be likely to be shot by paramilitaries at the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic, once they realised they were English. Apparently one of the entourage of The Members fell for this and did hide in the luggage compartment! However, sadly this did really happen at least once at the border there, though admittedly it was to an actual Irish band called The Miami Show Band! I suppose it would be easier to convince someone that this might happen in Ireland, in 1979/80, during the middle of the Troubles right enough.

@dctbass

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@andrewjoyce9038

2 жыл бұрын

London is a city. Scotland Is a country

I’m a Scot living in Australia for the past 17 years. My son and I can’t wait to go back to live in Scotland after he leaves school for all the same reasons you have shared. I have a huge close family, who get together regularly for fun times. Australia is lovely, but Scotland is calling me home. Thanks for the great video and passion for Scotland. Scottish chippies are the best, a good fish supper is still my favourite especially when you take it to eat from the paper with amazing views in front of you. My favourite memories are walks in the forest or beach with my Labrador, then home to a real fire and a nice hot strew for dinner. ❤

I will love you forever for loving my country, thank you. We have our issues in Scotland that's for sure but I love how kind, loving and caring my folk are.

I dropped my wallet in the middle of Edinburgh a few years back without realising and an American tourist and his wife ran after me to give it back. So grateful

When Scotland (soccer) play Italy, the Scotland fans sing "we're going to deep fry your pizzas" the Italians are mostly baffled.

Bless you, you lovely wee hen. We love that people from all of over the world choose to come and visit our country. I’m so chuffed to hear that you were welcomed with open arms. Please come and see us soon xx

Having lived in Scotland for almost 4 years as a child in the 70s and having Scottish family I'm naturally biased about the beauty of the country.

I live in California, but I first visited Scotland in 1973 for several weeks. I was lucky enough to stay with relatives of a friend of my dad in Edinburgh for about three weeks. It was lovely! I also had a Britrail pass and travelled quite a bit, seeing Inverness, Culloden, Wick, Skye, Glasgow and numerous other towns and villages. The people were all very friendly and made me feel very much welcome. The springtime scenery was drop dead gorgeous. I came back a couple of years later in the fall for a couple of weeks and again in 2003 and visited the Orkney Islands: BEAUTIFUL! And the most fabulous ice cream! Don’t know if I will get another trip in to Europe, but if I do, Scotland tops my list!

It's so refreshing to hear an American pronounce Edinburgh correctly. Thank you 😁

@peterwilliamson5953

2 жыл бұрын

i decided long ago to give up expecting a foreign person to master pronouncing Edinburgh and appreciated that Edinburgh was in their travel choice , so them being here is kinda respecting us , usually people do twig to the proper pronunciation and it is good when they do .

@oddbob8905

2 жыл бұрын

Butchered oban though 🤣

@heartsineurope

2 жыл бұрын

"up toon" for me xD

@fraggle200

2 жыл бұрын

@@oddbob8905 o-bahn

@andrewmorton9327

Жыл бұрын

@@oddbob8905 And Loch Katrine which should be pronounced KAT-rin. It's a corruption of Loch Cateran - the loch of the Robbers.

I travel to Scotland several times a year to go wild camping. You should really try the Outer Hebrides if you haven’t already. Sure, they take a while to get to as you have to get the ferry, but they’re like another world. They just feel so remote, and the scenery is incredible.

Our beautiful countryside and the sense of humour!. Visit Stirling and my own wee county of Clackmannanshire, which is very close to The Trossachs - great history, fantastic Castle, beautiful scenery - you'll get some lovely country walks - all in and around one small(ish) city. I agree, from watching your videos, I've been struck on how many cultural similarities there seem to be. Huge numbers of Scots emigrated to the USA and Canada. You must go to see the Falkirk Wheel and the The Kelpies as well. The Kelpies is an amazing huge sculpture of horse heads, it's specatacular. No one ate deep fried pizza or Mars bars when I was a kid, but now they seem to be popular. I don't understand it. 😆

A couple additional wonderful things about Scotland are its broad history and its wildly popular folk music in pubs. I've tried to visit from the states a couple times a year and the pandemic created a real loss in my heart. It sounds like your tour will be an excellent adventure for those joining you.

Many years ago I worked as a barman in a hotel at the top end of Loch Lomond. On my days off, I'd get a bus/coach to the more northern parts of the country. One time I was on a coach coming back and there were two young women talking behind me. I thought they were people from abroad at first, then realised I was picking up words of what they were saying. It transpired they were from the Shetlands, and speaking in their form of English. Amazing. Robert, UK.

What a great idea - that should be a fabulous trip. I’ve never had a bad trip to Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Kalyn, as an American by birth, and loving Scotland and their people, have you ever seen the film "Local Hero"? It's absolutely charming, and many British-born people love it. Given your circunstances, I think you'd really relate to it.

In Scottish schools, both primary and secondary, we are ALL taught ceilidh dances. Also, you forgot the incredible murals all throughout Glasgow. If anyone is ever near Glasgow Green, there are many beautiful paintings on the sides of the walls.

My wife and I honeymooned in Scotland, and absolutely loved it... interesting to hear mention of Loch Katrine, as we took a sightseeing cruise there. Absolutely beautiful!

I love walking up the high street in Edinburgh, during festival season. the amount of musicians, magic acts is phenomenal and all for free if you wish to pay it is up to you, i love how the population of the city doubles if not triples furing the months of July and August.

In general, once out of London, many places in the UK are friendlier, where it is fairly common for strangers to have a natter or partake in friendly banter, or at the very least say hello. Something completely alien to Londoners. In Scottish cities, Glaswegians tend to be amongst the friendliest, though Edinburgh & Stirling are prettier. Though there is nothing like Highland hospitality, it is fairly common to see hitchhiker's in the Highlands (I've done it myself several times).

@andrewjoyce9038

2 жыл бұрын

No such place as uk

@praisethelordpig1212

Жыл бұрын

@@andrewjoyce9038 stop talking nonsense

I am a pensioner and my wife and I have visited most of Scotland, as we are Scottish after all! We have walked the west highland way, hired a boat and did the Caledonian canal, island hoping, cruised around the Scottish islands, hired a cottage on Harris/Lewis also on Skye etc! We have a fortnight timeshare at Loch Rannoch, in which we took the steam train from Rannoch station one year to Fort William, then up to Mallaig way back in the 90s before it became famous due to Harry Potter lol! We have owned our studio for over 35 years! Never missed a trip! I have umpteen pictures and films footage which is a bit late for me in life to put on You Tube! Yeah Scotland is wonderful! So glad you like our wee bit hill and glen/s! Haste ye back! Scotland is full of little gems that get missed by tourist!

I went to a Scottish university. There was a complete dearth of fresh greens at affordable prices back then, so the only alternative was root vegetables, swede, turnips, potatoes. The combination of a student budget and no greens led to some unusual culinary delights, such as haggis cottage pie and haggis spaghetti bolognese. We used to buy mutton pies from the local bakers at lunchtime, the standard operating procedure for eating them was to gnaw off a corner and let the fat drain out into the bin. Male life expectancy in Glasgow is 73.1 years, unsurprisingly.

@panchomcsporran2083

2 жыл бұрын

That must have been in Victorian times, we have supermarkets and everything nowadays.

@glynnwright1699

2 жыл бұрын

@@panchomcsporran2083 They had supermarkets then, William Lowe's from memory. It was more about cost than availability.

@davidforman6191

2 жыл бұрын

@@glynnwright1699 William lows hasn't existed since 1994. Showin yer age!

@glynnwright1699

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidforman6191 My girlfriend, now wife, remembers picking up a pack of four apples in Willie Lows that cost a pound. That was when the student grant for living expenses to cover a month was around £40, which is the reason why students couldn't afford fresh vegetables.

@davidforman6191

2 жыл бұрын

@@glynnwright1699 friend of mine was diagnosed with scurvy when at uni, in Scotland about then!

I am Scottish and you are so right about about the accent you can quite literally go from one city / town to another and the accent will be different. I am from Dundee but if I up North to say Inverness I have to really listen to what they are saying to understand it and I am sure they feel the same when they visit here.

Back in the late 1970's my local chip shop in Dundee started selling deep-fried pizza. I tried one and swore I would never eat pizza again. It was horrible. It turned out that the pizza I bought was the cheapest pizza anyone could ever find and that's why it was so bad. It took many years before I tried a decent pizza because of that. I love pizza now and I really fancy a deep-fried, battered one. Also, I've not yet tried a deep-fried Mars Bar.

Thank you for the kind words about my home. When I visited family in Atlanta I got an amazing welcome. My cousins and there nabours held a party to welcome me to their country. Brought a tear to my eye.

Thankyou for putting out there xxxx🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Aww the Jacobite train has such beautiful scenery with all the trees changing colour in September! X

Some parts of England have a great deal of pride in where we come from. There’s a saying that you never need to ask a man if he’s from Yorkshire. If he is, he’ll have already told you.

You summed up Scotland perfectly. Well done.

As a Scottish person who has lived here 40+ years, I'm not embarrassed to admit that I learnt something new today. Great video 👍👍

I'm doing the Jacobite this year, and just back from Skye, but ill be going again probably 2-3 times before September, Oban is one of my favourite seaside towns, I think you will love the trip, have a great time

As a resident of the Highlands you have picked my favourite time of year. Often very crisp blue sky with a wee nip in the air. Enjoy your trip and don’t forget to have a haggis pudding from the chippy.

Hi there...I too loved Scotland! I was fortunate enough to have been with the Prospect Theatre Co. which performed at the Edinburgh Festival. If you have the chance go to this fabulous festival and of course while you are there go to the Edinburgh Tattoo! It's great on television but stupendous live...something you should add to your bucket list!

Absolutely love Scotland. Can't make this trip, but will definitely be back in Scotland.

I was just looking at this tour yesterday

Thank you for appreciating what we take for granted..

Thank you for such a great review of Scotland. I live in the whisky area, and love it.

You're the first American who has actually been able to pronounce Edinburgh correctly. Well done! 👍😅. Enjoy your trip in September and don't forget the anti midge cream for when you get up to parts of the North West. 👍

Deep fried pizza sounds like it should have come from the State Fair of Texas!!

Bless your wee cotton socks as my mother used to say

If you love history, you can watch/ listen to Bruce, from Scottish History Tours channel

Perthshire is my home. I've just bought a house in Crieff. I love the mix of mountains, forests, lochs and yet we are only just over an hour away from Glasgow or Edinburgh. Glad you liked it, come back soon :-)

although i haven't seen battered pizza i have seen quite a few chip shops doing deep fried pizza in and around ESSEX

You are missing out Glasgow! Scotland's greatest city. Don't do it! You will miss out on all of our built heritage and the best shopping north of London

@charlesscott1512

2 жыл бұрын

Glasgow and the SW of scotland have alot to offer tourists,the Firth of Clyde with the islands of Cumbrae,Bute and Arran,the problem seems to be that most Americans have only heard of Edinburgh,or if they have heard of Glasgow they think its like Chicago south side.

@sandersson2813

2 жыл бұрын

Glasgow is a dump full of passive aggressive weedgies.

@josephmuir2366

Жыл бұрын

Edinburgh is the most beautiful city in the UK

Hi kalyn Love your vlogs. So interesting your hair looks lovely

Thank you for that very kind resume'. cheers

be sure to visit and walk up Arthurs Seat in Edinburgh , it is my most favourite place in the world and magnificent .

Oh and I love Dundee where I lived and Aberdeen as well as the Shetland Islands where I worked and Fraserburgh , Wick etc. Love Scotland and the people I met and worked with over many years

Dont forget insect repellent the midges are legendary in some places lovely country otherwise my next favorite is northern ireland love the traditional irish bread

@geoffpriestley7001

2 жыл бұрын

Scottish midges use insect repellant as a perfume. nothing stops them

@stevenconnor4221

2 жыл бұрын

I concur, smidge or Avon skin so soft original. That is the only relief. Oh and a hat with a midge screen.

@geoffpriestley7001

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevenconnor4221 yes I've heard the Avon product has good results as well

@stevenconnor4221

2 жыл бұрын

@@geoffpriestley7001 It stops the midges from biting you and is good for your skin. I do a lot of camping and that's what I carry in my rucksack. Oh and a hat with a midge screen as if you have to walk through a swarm of those we buggers you will thank me, insect repellant or not. They tend to surface above say 10 degrees Celsius and are attracted to your co2 from your breath, mostly west coast prominent.

@geoffpriestley7001

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevenconnor4221 had some midges in the garden today middle of winter unbelievable

Oh you have to take in Glen Docherty, Glen Torridon and Applecross then Plockton before heading over to or coming from Skye.

The first pizza I ever had was deep fried. From a chip shop in Bridgeton. (East End of Glasgow). It came as a surprise when I found out that, you know....

We get taught the dances at school in Scotland. I was at a wedding with some American guests, the bride had forced the American males to wear kilts so they were twitchy anyway and the first dance was announced as "The Gay Gordons" they looked terrified.

@GirlGoneLondonofficial

2 жыл бұрын

I can imagine the looks on their faces!!!

@neilmorrison7356

2 жыл бұрын

In a local dance they dance to the rule Last one standing is the winner😂

For years we shopped at Tesco. You shop at Asda (Walmart owned). Not much in it really. For real savings while maintaining quality, Got to be Aldi and/or Lidl. Huge savings to be had there. Aldi’s Dairyfine milk chocolate is great……… as is the dark chocolate too.

@sandersson2813

2 жыл бұрын

Asda isnt owned by Walmart anymore

@garymain3060

2 жыл бұрын

@@sandersson2813 Who cares🙄.

@sandersson2813

2 жыл бұрын

@@garymain3060 well you do or you wouldnt have mentioned you thought Asda was owned by them

@garymain3060

2 жыл бұрын

@@sandersson2813 Trust me I don’t. Ok it was sold very recently but I’ve got so much more going on in ‘my’ life thanks. You worry about it. Moving on……………

Also the Clyde valley, and castles and old Roman fort's,and remains😊

We Scots are glad you enjoyed our country. Have a drink and party.Cheers come back anytime! Smile and explore ! 🍻❤️👏👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🙏

Oh and I married a Scottish girl and my kids are half Scottish but I am pure English !!!

I watch many of your videos and have found them excellent in the way they try to explain things UK to those across the pond. delighted you are visiting Scotland and introducing others tothe country, enjoy. But please please try to improve your pronunciation of Scottish place names. I have never heard "O ban" pronounced "O barn" likewise Loch ( note the soft ch sound) "Catreen" is actually Loch Kat- rin ( like Kathrine without the h ) . With so many accents and regional dialects in Scotland there are always variations but always ask the locals about how to say it.

Thanks for your interest in Scotland. We take our pride as akin to ambassadors of Scotland haha. On that note, would you be willing to read book recommendations on Scotland?

This video made me subscribe straight away

Omg. I live in Perthshire. Glad you love Scotland 😁

I’m Scottish born and bred - have lived here all my life (I’m in my early 50s). Enjoyed the video, but I have to say a ceilidh is my idea of hell. Pizza crunch is a fairly recent thing. I don’t remember it, growing up. I remember deep fried pizza, but not dipped in batter first. Just taken out the packet and thrown into the deep fat fryer.

You have totally overlooked the hidden gem in Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway,

Loving your reaction,fish and chips shops do traditional and fried whole chicken 😊👍

Scotland loves you back ❤

Haste ye back lass , always welcome 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🤝.

Yep, when i lived in Edinburgh we took the mick out of deep fried pizza, until we tried it! Salt and sauce too

Kalyn needs a Scottish passport!✌️❤️🇬🇧 much love to you

The deep fried pizza is generally called a 'Pizza Crunch'

@skyeR0

2 жыл бұрын

Really? Never heard of it being called that

@giuliamorrell4466

Жыл бұрын

If it's battered it's a pizza crunch

If you are going to the west coast in September you will NEED, ABSOLUTLY NEED midge repellent, and probably midge hats. Apart from that you should have a great time.

I worked all over the UK for about 15 years and just Scotland every week for about 4 years and Scotland was my favourite but just the same as the rest of the UK it has good and bad places Aberdeen and Inverness was my favourite but loved nights out in Edinburgh same as England down south most people are more ignorant and more friendly the further north you get

I have lived in perthsire most of my life! Its funny... The way you feel about Scotland. Is exactly, how I feel when I go to the United States. Especially when I was in Chicago, back in 2018.... What a beautiful city!

Oor local chippy has deep fried cream eggs at easter time!

Best thing about Scotland is the road South.And the fact they are going soon.

@andrewjoyce9038

2 жыл бұрын

Hope so

If you love Scotland, it will love you. Haste ye back! :)

Top of my list is Tunnocks!

I'm from Manchester, nowhere here does battered random things. I used to live in Glasgow, they batter everything. Get a battered kebab if u want. I normally just get battered on the walk home

Love this video thankyou for making to effort for making the effort to pronounce things properly .xxxx

You normally see Deep Fried Pizza on the menu called a "Pizza Crunch" Especially around the Central Belt *(the area of Scotland between Glasgow & Edinburgh)

@giuliamorrell4466

Жыл бұрын

It's only a pizza crunch I'd it's battered

Well done excellent video

Deep fried pizza in batter is called a pizza crunch.

You say Scots are more like Americans in their friendliness but feels like a blanket generalisation. The truth is from my experience of both Britain and America is these things are regional. The southern English are more reserved, but I found that to be case in New York and Chicago and other northern US areas as well. The northern English are a lot more friendlier then the southerners, almost like another country. Where I live in north Staffordshire people are super friendly...almost like my Irish relatives.

@barryhudson4238

2 жыл бұрын

It’s almost as if you typed that comment before she finished her sentence explains the regional differences in England.

@crowbar9566

2 жыл бұрын

@@barryhudson4238 Naah, she's still using sweeping statements. There's plenty of anecdotal evidence of unfriendly Scots, but i don't believe in using anecdotes as evidence of an assertion.

@barryhudson4238

2 жыл бұрын

@@crowbar9566 it’s not an assertion of universal truth if someone says in my experience….

Tatler magazine once voted Scotland the most beautiful country in the world, it did not surprise me one bit. It truly is remarkable in every way and what the Scots invented is beyond belief, the list is jaw dropping. It is without doubt mystically beautiful and mesmerising and the history is incredible. Scottish people are incredibly proud of their heritage and who could blame them, it has so much to offer for being such a tiny country and the food is second to none, having truly world class produce ,it is rich in many ways, , , ,and you can drink beautiful pure clean water straight from the tap. . . .You can't do that in England, unless you fancy a limescale lined tummy.😂

The Glaswegian accent isn't difficult, we just talk fast. Feel free to ask us to slow down.

Scotland certainly has the best scenery in the UK.

@matthewlee8725

2 жыл бұрын

You've clearly never visited Tyldesley, Greater Manchester.

@glynnwright1699

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewlee8725 I am particularly drawn by the scenery between Bargain Booze and Chicken Korner.

@matthewlee8725

2 жыл бұрын

@@glynnwright1699 lol

I cant believe u like deep fried pizza! as im watching this i've just ordered one from my local chip shop and lass they are so amazingly tasty and filling! i'm smiling as i type this coz u would be sooo welcome here in Scotland! a natural fit lol! 'on yersell hen'!!!! lol

Hospitality to strangers in Scotland is a very old tradition and was taken very seriously. If a stranger knocked on your door in need, it was your duty to take them in and let them warm by the fire, feed them and accommodate them overnight. In fact at the Massacre of Glen Coe, British soldiers collecting taxes were taken in and cared for by the villagers but in the middle of the night the soldiers got up and slaughtered everyone under the age of 70 as they were ordered to do.

@RajBlake7

2 жыл бұрын

Umm, British is Scottish, Welsh, English, so you were British as well ....

@DruncanUK

2 жыл бұрын

@@RajBlake7 not back then - the army was known as the British army despite being mostly English. the massacre was in 1692, Scotland didn't join UK till 1707

@RossBart21

2 жыл бұрын

the Campbell’s were working on Orders from the Scottish Government the political union of the countries didn’t happen until 1707. Scotland was a very politically divided country at that time and the Highlands and Lowlands did not generally see eye to eye. Hence why after the battle Culloden in 1746 highland life was stamped on hard by the then British forces.

@duneideann9241

2 жыл бұрын

@@RajBlake7 There is no such thing as British 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@praisethelordpig1212

Жыл бұрын

@@duneideann9241 we voted no to independence until then we are British

I live in Perthshire it is beautiful

As a Scot, I totally agree...lol

Hiya. Can't make it this year, so I'll have to go another time because you DO realise, don't you, that you've just created a yearly event?! Stay safe. All the best to you.

Yeah, in Scotland

Check out Glasgows 2 cities amazing scenery Pollok park😁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🏻

Just watching because I miss my home country right now.

Would make more sense to go from Oban (the A is silent btw) to Glasgow rather than straight back to Edinburgh. Surely some of your party would like to visit a living, breathing city rather than just the Scottish Disneyland that is Edinburgh?

The link doesn't work. Do love your videos.

Oor local chippy as deep fried cream eggs at easter time!

Thanks

A Ceilidh is combat dancing.