LISA

Glasgow Day 2

Realising that nothing opens early in 'Glasga' on a Sunday we took our time and leisurely made our way back to the City Necropolis. This oddly beautiful place demonstrated some interesting history and also some amazing views of the city ('oddly' because it's a fancy, huge graveyard). St Mungo's centre of Religious Life and Art was nearby. This was an interesting place, although not very revealing as in an attempt to encourage diversity it was all very politically correct and not very comprehensive.

Just across the road was the oldest house in Glasgow. The most evocative aspect of this venue was the worn stone floors. They were a vivid reminder that the steps had been trodden by hundreds of people through the centuries who lived in very different times and had very different lives.

On a stop at the People's Palace and Wintergarden we found a museum of the average Glaswegian's life through history, and had our suspicions confirmed by a poll of Newcastlian's opinions on crime and punishment - the British really are a bloodthirsty lot! Why this was in the Glasgow museum I'm not sure.

After recharging with our fizzy IRN-BRU drinks (taste like creaming soda) we walked along lovely tree-lined avenues to the KelvingroveArtGallery and Museum (near the Kelvingrove University of Glasgow). Here we found another penny press (yay!), some amazing stuffed animals (taxidermies), fancy sculptures, history exhibits, and Paul's favourite, a suspended Spitfire plane.

So, we happily spent our time as far as possible from Kevin Rudd while on the same island (he was in London for 4 days) and failed miserably to interpret the local lingo, but enjoyed ourselves immensely.