Five years ago I landed in Glasgow, Scotland with this brand-new coat I had gotten for Christmas. My parents splurged on a parka for me as a gift before I left for the UK for six months, and I am not kidding when I say I wore it almost every single day of my semester abroad. It became second nature, zipping it on over the day’s outfit before making the descent from my top-floor student flat on Kelvinhaugh Street. Our study was at the University of Glasgow, in the heart of the West End, and we expats faced some variety of cold, snow, or rain every time we left home to walk the half mile to class.