SCOTLAND has a very special place in my heart. Ever since my first trip to Edinburgh as a student, I found myself wanting to come back to Scotland over and over again, learning more about the culture, history, and food of this nation – I even started learning Gaelic on Duolingo!
So when my fiance (himself a converted Caledophile) and I had to cancel our planned wedding in Greece due to the pandemic, it only felt right that we should elope in Scotland – the only country in the UK, and one of the few in general, where you can get married anywhere at all, even in the middle of Glen Coe, like we did. It was, truly, one of the happiest days of my life, and I’ll always be grateful to Scotland for that.
Just a few months after our wedding, on April 29, 2021, I came across a Guardian article about an open letter signed by prominent cultural figures all over the continent, asking EU politicians to welcome back an independent Scotland. I was very excited. As a European who’d been left heartbroken by Brexit, I felt like I’d found my cause to fight for.
