If you live in Glasgow / Edinburgh, have you visited the othe one?

[AgentProvocateur]

DS has a friend round who's never been to Edinburgh, and isn't fussed about going. I find it a bit sad that an adult (no money issues) can be so insular.

[Lightbulbon]

I got put off Edinburgh when I went to a uni open day. It was full of English public school boys which really put me off. Also I think red and blond sandstone Victorian houses of Glasgow are prettier than the grey grey grey of Edinburgh. So I never visited there for about a decade.

Then I discovered Stockbridge, west port and the Nicholson st areas. So I visit those areas sometimes.

Edinburghsnot accessible for car drivers or people who struggle to walk up all those hills though!

And it's a very expensive day out with kids. You'd be looking at £100.

People I know in Edinburgh (well educated not insular types) don't seem to visit Glasgow either. They seem more likely to go on long haul holidays!

[OneMagnumisneverenough]

And it's a very expensive day out with kids. You'd be looking at £100.

Depends what you do - loads of stuff is free. Sample day:

National Museum
Greyfriars bobby
Take a packed lunch or buy sandwiches
Cut across to west end.
walk into Princes street gardens, play in the play park
see the flower clock,
walk up Calton Hill.

or,
See Holyrood Palace,
Walk up Arthurs seat/Salisbury crags - feed the swans on the way
swim at Commonwealth pool
back into town
Museum of Childhood or there's the National Storytelling centre with things on too.

There is honestly loads of stuff to do for free though this is common in loads of cities, including Glasgow :)

[Lightbulbon]

Have you ever tried walking dragging a young child up Arthur's seat?

The train fares for a family of four are huge-you often won't get a seat/seats together.

The castle/dungeon/royal yacht/festival shows ie the things that interest dcs are excruciatingly expensive!

[AddToBasket]

I agree with the poster who said Glasgow folk slag off people from Edinburgh, but Edinburgh people don't really mention Glasgow much. Probably tells you all you need to know about both groups!

[OneMagnumisneverenough]

If your child is young enough to find Arthur's seat a problem then they don't know about the stuff that costs. If they are old enough to know about stuff that costs, then they are big enough to go up Arthur's seat.

And yes, I have taken a young child up Arthur's seat and the pentland hills and loads of hills :)

I agree about the train fares from some place but kids travel free under 16 for us going to Edinburgh. Costs me a fortune to go to Dundee though for some reason. - I can take my two teenagers with me on the train to Edinburgh or Glasgow and they travel free. All it usually costs me is lunch in Jimmy Chungs - they like the simple pleasures :) We've done paid stuff but usually I can get two for one deals etc. Edinburgh is no more expensive than any other City.

[OneMagnumisneverenough]

Oh and festival stuff can be done for free or cheaply too. Street theatre is fab but if you stop to watch you really should pay something and with young teens we do a few of the free lunchtime showcase comedy type shows. And we have snacks from home while people watching in the gardens.

[OneMagnumisneverenough]

For light couldn't find one of Arthur's seat. You know you wanna drag your children up though... :o

p.s. this isn't the top, they did go to the top though. A wee tip - we used to take some wee bits of toys (stuff from crackers and a few coins) and pop them in a bag and take them to the top of the hill to bury. the next trip up, they'd get to dig stuff up. Worked like a charm. Pre school age in this photo.

[Lightbulbon]

Lol young kids are easy.

Wait til you have teens...

[OneMagnumisneverenough]

I do have teens now light that photo is nearly 12 years old. Strangely they are not so keen to come up hills now :) Although they did do Ben Nevis last June and are doing their DofE and do all sorts with Scouts...including a 30 mile cycle this morning - otherwise they are glued to screens in any free time :) Can't complain though as they are an absolute joy and the light of my life.

[MitzyLeFrouf]

Glasgow folk slag off people from Edinburgh, but Edinburgh people don't really mention Glasgow much. Probably tells you all you need to know about both groups!

As a foreigner who has lived in both cities I can state with certainty that is not my experience.The denizens of both cities are as eager to impress that their city is the superior.

[MitzyLeFrouf]

I have been amazed though to meet Glaswegians who've never been to Edinburgh and Edinburghers who've never been to Glasgow.

WTF!

50 mins (less than an hour people!) on a train from Waverley to Queen Street. That's all. Some Scots need to seriously broaden their horizons.

[kua]

I find this thread odd. Growing up in one city meant that some of my friends would move to the other for a myriad of reasons. So,of course I would visit them . On top of that there are concerts, shopping, days out etc

I can't imagine not visiting either city due to the minimal time involved.

[glasg0wmum]

I grew up in Edinburgh, went to Uni in Glasgow, moved to England, moved back to Glasgow and live here now. When I was a child we never went to Glasgow. Ever. Before I visited the Uni on an open day I'd never been. To be fair though in the 80s there wasn't much to come and see.

We go to Edinburgh quite a lot - with the trams it's easy to drive to Ingliston, leave the car and tram it into town. In the last six months we've been to te Christmas markets, taken the kids to the national museum and taken another trip to the Castle.

When I was a student one Glasgow pub landlady refused me a Saturday job because of my Edinburgh accent.

[LassWiTheDelicateAir]

How strange- I live in Edinburgh, I don't visit Glasgow a lot but certainly at least half a dozen times every year. I much prefer Edinburgh and to be honest although there are plenty of places I'd be happy to live in I would not want to live in any other part of Scotland than Edinburgh.

I have however never been in Livingston or Bathgate.

[LassWiTheDelicateAir]

Gosh , I forgot I did live in Glasgow for 3 month's decades ago !