Settling in Stirling: All about Glasgow!

Today was the second ISS excursion. The venue today: Glasgow, AKA the largest city in Scotland. I pictured a very crowded, sky-scraper full, walking shoulder-to-shoulder on the streets kind of a city. But it wasn't like that at all! What a beautiful city though. The morning started out with a walking tour of the city, but it in my opinion it really didn't cover a lot of the city. The tour guide just liked to talk about her great-grandparents and showed us all these really old parts of Glasgow. I was a bit disappointed; I was hoping for more of the actual city. Oh well though; it was still rather nice to see some of the older parts of the city. After the tour of the "city," we went to lunch. I went with a friend of mine and we met some new friends :] We decided to go to an Italian place. Man, it was sooooo good. A bit pricey, but very high-quality and delicious!

Next came my favorite part of the day; the tour of the Glasgow City Chambers (would resemble a city hall in the states). The architecture and design was absolutely stellar! I really didn't pay attention to most of the tour; I was too busy gazing at the beautiful structure. Also, it had a revolving door!!! It was really cool though to see where the council held their meetings and all the different rooms that were a part of the building. Once we finished the tour of the city chambers, which took about an hour, my friend and I and our new friends from lunch went and walked around. My friend Andrea found a blue police box (as made famous by the TV show Doctor Who), so naturally we had to stop and snap a few pictures. Along our Glasgow city saunter, the group I was with stumbled upon the Glasgow fair that was going on! So we walked in...and rode on the bumper cars! I think my car was possessed or something...kept wanting to veer towards the direction of the wall.

So after we terrorized the fair and laughed our guts off while ramming into one another, we found the People's Palace, which was a museum. It was a museum of everything; political movements, poor and run down living arrangements, the culture, everything. I managed to sneak in a few cool shots of some of the things I thought were cool. When it comes to museums, I don't read a lot; I just like to look at everything! Now the day is over, and I am pretty dag-gone worn out. But I have such a fantastic week to look forward to; ISLE OF SKYE! I'll be heading out tomorrow morning, and I will have internet access available at the hostel we're staying at, so stay tuned for more updates! Thank you avid readers! Cheers!