Glasgow

Today was our day trip to Glasgow. Glasgow is not exactly my type of city. Frankly not many cities are. This one reminded my vaguely of Boston, which is not my favorite place in the world. Despite that it was an enjoyable day. We ate at a wonderful pub/restaurant where the food was very cheep but also very good, I go a delicious piece of triple fudge cake (at 9 am), and took a bus tour around the city.

 Some of the things we saw on the bus tour included this tiny statue on the top of the Town Chambers. Look familiar? It is a miniature of the Statue of Liberty! Or as they call her, the Lady the Truth.

 BBC Scotland. Does this really need any more explanation?

 Okay so really the best thing about the city was the cathedral. This was, hands down, the most amazing cathedral I have ever seen. Above are roses in the rose garden outside the cathedral. I think I took like 12 photos of the flowers. Ha! Anyways the cathedral was truly magnificent. My crummy little camera did a pathetic job capturing it.

 This is the outside. They were doing a lot of restoration and cleaning because the Queen is coming to visit on Wednesday.

 There were many parts in the cathedral. The main hall, the back part, the tombs beneath, and this special little chapel that was completely white. The man who was showing us around said it was a very popular place for weddings. It was beautiful but I can't imagine walking down the stairs to get there in a wedding dress and heals! Anyways the stained glass windows, the architecture, the decorations were so breathtaking. Everyone was so impressed we all felt the need to buy something from the gift shop to support the church, (which is apparently owned by the Queen, although I am not sure any of the money goes back to the church because it was the organization Historic Scotland running the gift shop)

The last interesting bit is this terracotta fountain that was outside the People's Palace. A little signed said it is the oldest of its kind in the world. That is Queen Victoria on top there, then the statues directly beneath her represent Scots and British peeps. Then underneath them were statues representing different countries that I have no idea why they are on there (India, South Africa, Canada, and Australia).

So basically that was the best parts. When we weren't on the bus tour or looking through the cathedral we went shopping. I did not buy anything :D  There was this amazing fax red leather jacket that was AMAZING but it was super expensive :(. Anyways I am looking forward to Edinburgh next week, which should be more my speed. I might even go there this weekend if I don't meet up with my friend in England. Tata!