People Make Glasgow

In 2004, when the countries of Central Europe were entering the family of nations of the European Union, most member states had concerns related to it. Only three countries (Ireland, Sweden, the United Kingdom) were able to perceive something more. From the very beginning, they allowed the residents of the new member states to feel like family, hosting them the best they can.

Many years after this event, somewhere between the blue of the sky and the green around Airdrie, a thought was born to jointly celebrate this event, to remember that our history did not begin yesterday and will not end tomorrow. Looking at the Commonwealth family as my own family, I feel part of it, while simultaneously feeling part of the family of nations of the European Union. These two feelings fill my Self, complementing each other.

700 years ago, Grand Duke Gediminas had a dream in which he saw a wolf standing on a hill, howling with the sound of thousands of wolves. For hundreds of years, this legend rested in the layers of time, buried like an ancient vessel resting in the sands, so that after being unearthed, it could again enjoy the rays of the Sun.

As it happens, the hill on which the wolf from Grand Duke Gediminas’s dream stood is located in the vicinity of the geographical center of the continent of Europe (according to the French National Geographic Institute). Today, after 700 years, this dream takes on true meaning as the winds of history blow again with more violent power.

Inhabitants of Glasgow, allow the newly forming team to go through the trial of the place of final verification. To meet at a football match on the hallowed ground of this sport, at Hampden Stadium. To play this friendly match with you.