Glasgow! Wooo! - Blogabond

Well, we finally made it over to Glasgow yesterday. I don't know what took us so long (probably the lack of time off), but it was only a 1 hour bus trip from Edinburgh, right into the centre of Glasgow. Not a particularily interesting bus ride, but the city itself is just so different. You would never believe that Glasgow and Edinburgh were only an hour apart, the people, architecture, the accent! The whole feel of the cities are worlds apart.

Whilst our main intentions in Glasgow were to go and see Damien Rice in concert, we manage to see some sights while we were there...

Firstly headed for a wander around the streets to get a bit of orientation, swung past George Square which was rather impressive. Then up to the Cathedral, which was simply stunning. Not the biggest, or the most opulent church, but it was built in the 13th century, and is a multi-level place that is incredibly interesting.

Right after visiting the Cathedral, we needed a quick bathroom stop, which was impeded by the fact the public bathrooms were locked....so what do we think, 'hey, there's a free museum right there...we'll just duck in....' Which went well until we walked in the door and was greeted by a sweet little old lady, who told us ALL about the museum and it's exhibitions, and we felt so guilty we walked around the whole place until we thought it wouldn't be rude to use the bathrooms. It was a rather interesting accidental trip to 'St Mungos Museum of Religous Art'. Places I never thought I would see Tom.

After that we toddled up to the Glasgow Necropolis, which was basically an old and interesting cemetary (still in use too), which also has great views over the city.

Necropolis

All and all, a rather strange day for sightseeing.... Then seeking to quench our thirst, trying to find a pub that was not either the bloody ritz of pubs, or the scariest dirty old man pub, we dismally failed, but headed off to the SECC for a few pre-show pints and people watching, which was rather good fun.

As for the concert, good fun. Definately a good day out, topped off with managing to make the last bus to Edinburgh, home safe and sound by 2am.

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no_fosters_thanks on October 5, 2007 from Glasgow, United Kingdom

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