That bacon sandwich at the front there? That’s “the UK’s favourite” and cost only £1.20. It was salty and dry, which means I loved it 🙂
We’d slept for hours the night before, and yesterday being our only full day here took the chance to explore. I can recommend the local hop-on tourist bus; ours had a live narration and did a fine job not only showing us the city but helping us to decide which of the many sights to see in more detail.
Glasgow has many of these striking murals painted on the sides of buildings. Apparently they were done a few years back using spray paint only by an Australian artist to help beautify the city for the Commonwealth Games. This one shows the patron saint, Saint Mungo, as he may appear today. One of his miracles was apparently resurrecting a bird.
After the bus we went to the People’s Palace, which is a museum dedicated to life in Glasgow through the years. I particular enjoyed all the history of the Glaswegian tenement buildings and what life was like for those that endured the overcrowding of the city 50+ years ago.
Afterwards we (literally) followed a marching band almost all the way to the Cathedral and the large ancient graveyard beyond.
It had become warmer by now (~75F) and the climb to the top of the Necropolis was tiring and sweaty. We ended up walking over 25k steps in total yesterday – over about 9 hours – and collapsed in the room with loads of candy in the end 🙂
There is a lot more to see in this city, but we don’t have the time to see it. Today we head west…
Glasgow is lovely. We loved the murals. They are striking. We can enjoy all these lovely places through your eyes and the blog makes it real to us. It’s a little like being there. Keep up the blogging.