So the year was 2007 and at that time I was thirteen years old and was a grade 6 student, summer vacation were about pop up. one day my uncle(mammo) called as he was living in UK literally thousands of miles away from Pakistan. So whenever he called was a big deal for me, as I'm quite attached to him.
I picked up the phone and he asked me about the things happening, I told him about the vacations and the words which he replied with were totally unpredictable, which were "puttar why don't you and your mum spend your summer vacation with me".
As this was my first time when I'll be flying abroad,mammo sponsored me and my mum and we both got visa easily as my Mammo is a British citizen from last 62 and at that time he was the mayor of Lanarkshire so getting visas was not a big deal.
After some days I was sitting in a plane, everything was so much beautiful, after few hours the plane landed at Glasgow Airport, I still remember how much happy I was when I saw "Welcome to Scotland" written on the arrival gate.
I arrived home, mammo had a big house which was about 300 years old, typical Scottish House I must say, had a separate room.
The first day was just an observation day, I observed everything and then I saw kids of my age playing outside, I also went out, somehow I managed to dissolve in their friends circle, the most difficulty which I faced was with my name as they couldn't pronounce it so from Zakaria I became Zack.. As in bible it's Zachary.
I was given a bike and it was not just a bike it was my everyday adventure planner, I had been to alot of places on that especially the Motherwell lake and areas nearby.
I was quite famous among all the kids as being Nephew of provest(mayor) was a real deal, so everyone in the block and nearby gave me a good smile whenever I passed by them, my aunt was living in Brentwood so I visited her and London was in my head, I was quite fascinated by Big Ben, London Eye, trafalgar Square, Hyde Park, Westminster Palace and Harrods...
I also got the chance to visit many Palaces and had the opportunity to meet Duke of Edinburgh and Duke of Hamilton.
Coming back to Pakistan was hard but I knew that is my place, came back and everyone was asking questions trust me everyone... That was my first experience while travelling abroad..
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