Grand Gothic Glasgow

We did the weird thing again, were we fly into the main centre and immediately leave it to go somewhere else, this time Edinburgh then a short bus ride to Glasgow.

First impressions of Scotland:It was heart wrenching, really it is just like home, especially leaving Edinburgh airport it reminded of us of the ride from Palmy airport.Then a drive through the country side with sheep e.t.c the only difference apart form crazy looking sheep were the grand old buildings amazing castles and homes.

We gazed at the dismal, moody sky which complemented the landscape and it's buildings magnificently.

The weather was dismal in Glasgow but really it just added to it's Gothic nature. It really is a cool city. It sprawls out and has many beautiful parts to it.The hostel we stayed in was out of town and just happened to back onto the large town park, Kelvin Grove Park (yes Palmy people). With all the leaves still turning from Autumn it made for a very pretty scene over looking the whole city including the might  river, Clyde. After a wander through the park we went to the Kelvin Grove Art Gallery, we didn't expect much but what we did get was amazing original art!

It was a hands on gallery with heaps of cool displays to play with as well as art work from the Glasgow School of Art, most of which was great, ornate enamel work which we both fell in Love with. I bought a necklace replica piece. The Mackenzie sisters were the main artists featured. The art reminded me of fairy tales of the Merlin's wife is is Maeve? A lot of the art was created for fancy tea rooms. we stopped off at one of the original ones called the Willow Tea Room but couldn't really afford a cuppa. They had an amazing gift store and we stayed for a while out of fascination and out of the RAIN! We wanted to go for a trip down the mighty Clyde on the Pride of Clyde and walked an hour in the horrible weather only to find it closed for the season. We headed for St Mungo's museum of religion. This small museum is dedicated to displaying original religious artefacts from various religions, covering birth, marriage, death and coming of age ceremonies. It was really fascinating and some of it just scary! We headed to the oldest house in Glasgow, built in 1411. The door ways are so wee, and the rooms quite small.

We climbed up to the top of the Necropolis, (Hill graveyard) the grave yard is full of memorials, huge Gothic house things and large pillar monuments. We gazed at the dismal, moody sky which complemented the landscape and it's buildings magnificently. Beauty always surprises you when it presents itself in diverse forms.