After the success of London 2012, I absolutely could not miss out on attending the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. I was able to secure two tickets to see the hockey, but missed out on gymnastics and athletics. Originally I planned and booked to stay for one night in Glasgow, but decided that with such a long train journey, we would probably be too tired to want to even attend our event. So after constantly checking for months, I managed to get us booked into our preferred hotel in Edinburgh for two nights, allowing to make more of our visit.
After a four hour train journey, we enjoyed our first evening exploring Edinburgh. The next morning, the day of our event, we spent the morning at Edinburgh Castle, which has the most stunning views. Despite our event not being till the evening, we spent the afternoon in Glasgow, exploring the city. With the upcoming referendum on Scotland and independence, there had been a worry and rumours of English people receiving abuse from Scottish people, but we found none of that and found the Scots to be very welcoming of everyone to their city.
By the time we got to the Hockey Arena for our session, Mattie was very tired and had a huge meltdown, so our time there ended up being very short, but luckily we got our money's worth. The first match was India vs Trinidad and Tobago and by half time, it was something like 10-0 to India! We were sat behind one of the goals, where India happened to be scoring all these goals! Despite being tired, this made Mattie very happy and made the cost of tickets more than worth it!
In the end, we ended doing what we did when we to see the Hockey at London 2012! The mini hockey courts had been set up outside for the kids and Mattie ended having so much fun trying it out! I ended up letting him continue playing rather than dragging him back to our seats for the rest of the hockey session! We left before the end of the second match to avoid the crowds and to give us plenty of time to head back to Edinburgh. We had a fab time, though we do wish we had had more time to explore Glasgow and been able to see more events!
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