The Vangclear Files: Glasgow

My brother Spencer arrived last Friday the 11th. I picked him up from the airport via the bus and then put him to bed when we got to Limerick. That night, or rather really early Saturday, we caught the 1:10am bus to the Dublin airport. After a 4 hour ride we arrived at the airport 4 hours before our flight. So we picked seats and settled in till we boarded.

8:15 our plane took off and 35 minutes later we landed in SCOTLAND!! It was brilliant! We arrived at Glasgow-Prestwick airport, which is an obscure airport about an hour from town. So we asked how to get to town and were informed we had to take a train. So we did! And on the ride into town it started snowing! It was pretty.

^waiting for the train... no snow yet^

^SNOW!!^

Since we couldn’t check into our hostel until that afternoon we promptly started walking around. The first place we stopped into was GoMA aka Glasgow Modern Art museum. It was like any modern art museum, mind boggling in the most absurd sense. After that we went to Starbucks…

Can I start by saying my life is made by Starbucks coffee. When I was in London I had such a warm fuzzy moment upon seeing a Starbucks. It’s a comfort from home that I loved oh so much. Needless to say I drank a lot of Starbucks last weekend.

After finishing our coffee we wandered off in the now rain and slushy snow to find Glasgow Cathedral and the necropolis. The necropolis was epic.

After that we did more wandering but since we were super tired we went to the hostel. The rain really dampened our day so we turned in early.

^View from the Hostel^

Our second day was a lot more fun! Lots of pictures and walking around.

First stop the Blochairn market. It was a 2 mile walk from our hostel but it was worth it. It was a boot fair (aka flea market) and there were also meat and fish auctioneers. It was huge and lots of fun to walk around. On our way back from the market we decided to take the bus instead of walking back. The bus we took was a double decker!!!! It was so cool we sat on the second floor right up front! I felt like I was in Harry Potter or something.

After the boot fair we walked around a bit more, napped at the Hostel, then went to Glasgow Green. Remember my buddy Nelson…. Well there was a monument for him in the green!!! I was so excited!