Travel Journal Entry June 10, 2012 Or The morning after the tearful goodbye to the tour
Officially last night was the final big get together. So we got to sleep in and there weren’t a lot of people around for breakfast. We got to do a few tearful goodbyes and hopes of travelling again together. About 8 of the group were staying in Glasgow, but it seemed we were all doing out own thing. We had breakfast and made some plans for the next few days.
We went to St Mungo’s Museum of Religious Art and life, then to the People’s Palace and then shopping. (Editor’s note: The museum is fascinating. As someone who was brought up being taught about different religions so I could choose from a place of knowledge, I found the collection interesting and enlightening. The Golden Veil is a fascinating piece; there is a presentation on the second floor showing different people’s reactions to it and even when showing the picture to people, each person reacts differently. The other interesting there was a declaration signed by representatives of different religions in Glasgow saying they would accept each other and exist together. It was done in response to September 11. Glasgow is known for being very open to various religions. The story is the Scots were too busy fighting each other to worry about the other religions. Teehee. The People’s Palace was quite interesting as well – the tiles in the bathroom were of Shakespeare’s plays, the fascinating story of Glasgow and the Tenements, and the detailed presentations of the different classes along the years.) Compass Gallery wasn’t too exciting and it was closed (Editor’s note: I really wanted to pick up art from Scotland and this gallery was promoted as a great place to get economical art.) We went to Sauchiehall street and then down Buchanan street. D found a comic book shop and then we found a cool market where we bought some jewelry (Editor’s note: it was kind of a scary area, but the first vendor we came too had some excellent pieces and we bought some really funky pieces as we talked with them about their visits to the Calgary Stampede.)
Then it was back to the hotel to rest and do more planning and packing.
We ate at Wetherspoon – delish food and fantastic prices. It cost us 11 pounds for supper, which included a pint of Carlberg for D and lemonade for me; D had the bacon burger and I had the gourmet chicken burger (it was spicy goodness).
On the way to the Wetherspoon, we saw Tyler Hilton, the actor who plays Chris Keller on One Tree Hill. COOL!!! He was staying at our hotel! Whoot! Yes, I am a bit of a fan.
That night we spent some more time with Robbie and D had the Bobear and whisky from the Isles.
We went to St Mungo’s Museum of Religious Art and life, then to the People’s Palace and then shopping. (Editor’s note: The museum is fascinating. As someone who was brought up being taught about different religions so I could choose from a place of knowledge, I found the collection interesting and enlightening. The Golden Veil is a fascinating piece; there is a presentation on the second floor showing different people’s reactions to it and even when showing the picture to people, each person reacts differently. The other interesting there was a declaration signed by representatives of different religions in Glasgow saying they would accept each other and exist together. It was done in response to September 11. Glasgow is known for being very open to various religions. The story is the Scots were too busy fighting each other to worry about the other religions. Teehee. The People’s Palace was quite interesting as well – the tiles in the bathroom were of Shakespeare’s plays, the fascinating story of Glasgow and the Tenements, and the detailed presentations of the different classes along the years.) Compass Gallery wasn’t too exciting and it was closed (Editor’s note: I really wanted to pick up art from Scotland and this gallery was promoted as a great place to get economical art.) We went to Sauchiehall street and then down Buchanan street. D found a comic book shop and then we found a cool market where we bought some jewelry (Editor’s note: it was kind of a scary area, but the first vendor we came too had some excellent pieces and we bought some really funky pieces as we talked with them about their visits to the Calgary Stampede.)
Then it was back to the hotel to rest and do more planning and packing.
We ate at Wetherspoon – delish food and fantastic prices. It cost us 11 pounds for supper, which included a pint of Carlberg for D and lemonade for me; D had the bacon burger and I had the gourmet chicken burger (it was spicy goodness).
On the way to the Wetherspoon, we saw Tyler Hilton, the actor who plays Chris Keller on One Tree Hill. COOL!!! He was staying at our hotel! Whoot! Yes, I am a bit of a fan.
That night we spent some more time with Robbie and D had the Bobear and whisky from the Isles.
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