The trouble with Stirling…
The trouble with Stirling is that it has no soul. Tadley has more vibe in the local post office than the whole of the city of Stirling (with the possible exception of our local, but only out of season).
It is true that tourism can destroy a place but I doubt that there has ever been much behind the pretty façade of Stirling. In the past it was an effluent merchant town and administrative centre with all the lofty indifference that entails and which I know so well from my home town of Münster. Now it is a giant visitor centre and I am relieved to hand it back to the tourists to whom it belongs—hopefully never to set foot in it again.
Perhaps this is why I miss the Ghetto like mad, with its sounds and flavours, while the pretty views of Stirling leave me cold. There is nobody at home.
Good-bye Scotland, I hope to return one day. But good riddance Stirling!
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