BLOG UPDATE #12 Today marked the last day in Edinburgh, Scotland. After a very successful festival, Aidan and I packed our lives up and said our goodbyes. We were heading to Glasgow, which is around 45 minutes on the train. In Europe, they have adopted a first class and passenger class system for their trains, and after working hard throughout the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, we decided to treat ourselves a little. We wined and dined with the other persons in 1st class (mostly older people). For the next 45 minutes, Aidan and I felt like Harry Potter in his first game of Quidditch - excited, nervous, and not quite sure if we belonged there (I had to include at least one HP reference!). What a difference an extra £8 makes! We crossed the countryside to the West of Scotland (in style) until we reached Glasgow - a city that had the highest rate of murder in 2009, and in the same year won UKs Friendliest City. So far we havent witnessed any murders. On the way to our room we met a friend from Edinburgh walking past. Donagh was one of the people we walked up Arthurs Seat with. We had a quick chat and will be catching up with him later this week :) We walked to our room and put our gear up 3 flights of narrow stairs. Realising that we had to do this a lot over the next few days, Aidan asked the receptionist if we could possibly change rooms. Luckily for us the receptionist has a sister living in Safety Bay and once she saw Aidans home address she gave us a free room upgrade! We now have a bigger room without 3 flights of stairs. Rule #1 about life: Be kind to everyone, you never know when they might be able to help you out :) Aidan and I took a look around the city and stopped off in an underground library/coffee house, which was incredibly calming. I could envision myself with Aidan and 3 others to make our own comedy TV series called Mates - a series loosely based of the highly successful Friends. Its safe to say we will be heading there again and again. We came home and got ready to go out. We stopped in at an open mic night at the Arlington Bar and quickly realised why Glasgow was voted the most friendliest city! We were welcomed by many even before we got inside. We were greeted by Charlotte and Tim, who were running the night. These cats were smoooooooth. Charlotte is from Sydney and sang in a beautiful, sultry, jazzy/blues voice. It was like honey for my ears - sweet, natural, lots of flavour, and goes well with anything. She complimented herself by playing smooth, rich bass lines with precision timing alongside Tim who is phenomenal on the keys - man, oh, man can this guy play! It was amazing to watch and listen as these guys performed with their harmonica player who could tear the roof off any gig he played. Musician after musician got up and played for the grateful crowd of around 50 people who went wild after every song. They asked me to play and so I got up and sang 3 songs to a crowd of silence. These people were here for the music, fun times, and great people. It was beautiful. Its unbelievable that this was all at a local open mic night! The last song I played, Tim asked if he could join me. How could I possibly refuse?! Tim got up on stage as I started playing the song. Next minute I hear this beautiful sound behind me. No, it wasnt piano. It was the raspy sound of a saxophone!! I almost fell over when I heard it. We tore the place apart with a smooth rendition of a Ray Charles classic Hit The Road Jack. I could have played all night long! If there is an open mic night near you (theres probably one every night of the week!) get down to it and check out the amazing musicians that are in your backyard. You will be surprised at why some of these people arent a worldwide sensation already. The night wore on and our bodies were slowly tiring. We took ourselves home to our upgraded room with a huge smile on our faces. The world is an amazing place :)
Posted on: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 08:52:31 +0000
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