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Tourist on first-ever trip to Scotland surprised - after strangers pay for his meal

2024-07-03 886 Dailymotion

A tourist on his first-ever trip to Scotland was taken aback - when a pair of strangers paid for his £25 meal in a café.<br /><br />Idris Oyeniyi, 29, had tucked into a breakfast at Glasgow's Café Gandolfi and was expecting to pay the bill.<br /><br />But, unbeknown to him, a couple had overheard him telling staff it was his first time in Scotland - so decided to pay for him.<br /><br />Idris, who is originally from Kildare in Ireland but now lives in Birmingham, said: "I was quite taken aback by it to be honest. <br /><br />"I hadn't even spoke to them before that point.<br /><br />"It wasn't like I was going to cry necessarily but they really didn't have to do that.<br /><br />"It was just pure kindness and I wasn't expecting it."<br /><br />The couple - who are not named - were charmed by Idris' excitement about experiencing the Scottish culture and food and decided to foot the £25 bill.<br /><br />Idris said: "The woman really liked that I was visiting to discover Scotland.<br /><br />"It was her birthday that day and her husband has proposed to her in that café so I could tell it meant a lot to her."<br /><br />Idris, who is known as Eddy on his YouTube travel vlogs, was only in Glasgow for the weekend but he has since gone back to visit more of the country.<br /><br />Idris said: "I've now been to Edinburgh, Dundee, Isle of Arran and a few others.<br /><br />"I think my favourite so far has been Dundee but I want to go round all the different Scottish islands now.<br /><br />"I do a lot of my travels over the weekends so being able to go somewhere in the UK makes it a lot easier."

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