Yup, I still have the cold. A little better than yesterday. We had planned to do the HoHo bus (Hop On/Hop Off) bus yesterday anyway but it was the perfect way to do an easy day and still see a lot of Glasgow. The weather wasn’t as beautiful as the day before, but there was a little blue sky every so often and no significant rain.
We had breakfast at the hotel and then took a brief ten-minute walk to catch the HoHo. Two people, two lines, one day, 50£. Not a bad investment. We started downstairs in the warmer parts of the bus, but then I had to go upstairs to take photos without them being shot through glass. I got a lot of things I am very happy with. I just kicked the shutter speed up and took the shot. And lots of copies of every photo. Sorry about the lack of captions. The wonderful lady who was doing the tour narration was a very fast speaker with a very deep Scottish accent. Suffice it to say, if we were watching her on TV, we would have had the subtitles on. You can tell me what you think about the photos after you see them. Don’t forget; if you click the first shot, you can then scroll through with your arrow keys or by swiping…and PLEASE…don’t look at my photography on a phone. Please…
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- Glasgow is surely a city of murals. This one of St. Mungo (founder of Glasgow) is the most famous.
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- Another one
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- Clock?
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- Fountain
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- Top of fountain/Queen Victoria
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- Middle of fountain
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- Bottom of fountain
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- Building across from fountains
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- Freddy Mercury mural
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- Hail Italia
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- Famous guy with traffic cone.
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- This statue is like this all the time.
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- Bridge & Building
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- Three masted schooner
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- Non-commisioned murals
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- Really cool.
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- A bunch more…including The Mandalorian
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- Murals…
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- Lots of Murals…
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- Murals everywhere.
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- James Watt thinking about steam engines.
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- Castle through the trees
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- Kelvingrove Gallery
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- Pretty impressive
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- Clock tower/
That was pretty much our day. We came back to the room and tried to make up for the missing hours of sleep that I coughed through and then went to dinner at The Ivy restaurant. The Ivy is a chain of pretty cool places throughout England and Scotland. We have reservations at the original Ivy in London’s West End in about a week. Here’s some pics from dinner.
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- A quick pano of the room we ate in on the second floor.
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- Kathleen and tonight’s negroni
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- Best thing for a sore throat…a spritz.
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- Roasted tomato soup and some very fresh bread.
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- And their famous shepherd’s pie
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- Going back down the stairs.
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- The first floor.
It was a really great meal. When we go to London, the menu is slightly different, plus my brother Steve and my sister-in-law Jamie will be with us, so it will be more fun. The dinner was so good that I could eat the same thing again.
Today should be “fun.” As soon as we finish breakfast, we will check out of Grasshoppers and pick up our rental car to head to the Islands and the Highlands. It’s been 20+ years since I have driven on the other side of the road and the other side of the car. Like I said…”fun.”
Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down. —Oprah Winfrey
Way to tough it out. Stay left.
You got some great pics! Have fun on the left side.
I felt badly for you when you came down with your cough and poor night’s sleep. Being sick away from home and not able to do what you planned is tough. You pushed in through, got some gorgeous photos and your meal at the The Ivy looked incredible. Fresh bread is always a winner for me and add a Spritz, yes! Driving on the left, yikes. Better you than me. Travel on…..
Love the pictures!