Blogs from Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe - page 383

The next day…. We both intended to get up early (early means before 9) but it didn’t happen. We got up close to 11 (which means we missed breakfast). We hopped on the shuttle to town and then tried to find a place to eat. We both wanted breakfast food but it was near impossible to find. We finally settled on Starbucks and got muffins and fruit. Next we stopped at the tourist center and booked a tour of the Vaults (part of the underground city) for that afternoon. We jumped on a bus and went to the Edinburgh Zoo. She had never seen a lemur before so we looked through all the lemur exhibits (there were at least 5 of them) but couldn’t find a lemur! Eventually on our way out we finally saw ... read more

Glasgow- 7 July 2007 Claudine, Marie and I went to Glasgow for the day. The bus trip was less than an hour, and there are buses every half hour throughout the day. We went without any kinda plan, we just figured we’d wander around the city, pack our own lunches, and picnic. Honestly, I didn’t think so highly of the city. I think I was just comparing it to Edinburgh the whole time, and found it lacking. First of all, it’s known more as the ‘culture’ town—more shopping, arts, and theatre. Basically nothing I was really interested in for a day trip. After walking around (in the rain, of course) we caught up with a parade in progress and followed that around for a while, without knowing exactly what the celebration was about. Something about the ... read more

Well who’da thunk it’s nearly been a month since my last entry… geez time flys when your having fun. It’s been a few weekends of going out and discovering our one of our fave new cheap drinking spots (Berlin Bar) with hot Polish security guards, getting cheap haircuts (a lot shorter than I had asked for), dying our own hair (not since high school, the thangs ya do when your traveling, agh) didn’t turn out too badly though, and trying to get out of the hoose when it’s not raining!! You cannot go anywhere here without an umbrella. I,ve given up on thinking the weather’s going to be good just because the sun shines for half a day... if your lucky. It’s Friday night here and I,ve got the whole flat to myself. Just realized ... read more

Travelled by train from London Euston to Glasgow with B, kids and Helen B. Wet but people very friendly. Got rental car and travelled north. Stayed at Spean Bridge in a B & B.... read more

Well - I guess just another normal weather day - cold and rain all day. Until we returned to the hotel, so I took a picture of our Marriott here. On the way to Glasgow, we stopped at the Falkirk Wheel: a gigantic rotating boat lift used to connect two canals so there is a continuous waterway from one coast of Scotland to the other. It takes four minutes now to do what used to take 8 hours. It is quite a fascinating sight to see. Andrea, Celia and Jeff went on a boat ride that goes on the wheel to the upper canal, down the canal a bit, then returns on the wheel to the lower canal. Then on to Glasgow. We stopped at the Glasgow School of Art, and the Tenement House, which ... read more