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hey kids!
today i had a proper day in glasgow for the first time. on the way we drove through stirling, home of stirling castle (top of foreground hill) and the wallace monument (phallic bit on the top of the background hill)


first off we had a bit of shopping, then we went to the cathedral via a crumbling old cathedral spire at spire park (formerly townhead-blochairn church), masquerading as the cathedral we actually wanted to see (glasgow cathedral of st. mungo). glasgow cathedral had a really interesting necropolis, i took more pictures than were necessary but i've never seen a graveyard that big. it was awesome. all the top of a hill and at least two or three sides of it - and it was a big hill! most of the stones seemed to be from the mid-1800s but there were some as recent as the 1990s that i saw - although i definitely did not see all of them. tombstones were quite lavish and the preferred decorations seemed to be obelisks, cloth draped urns, and celtic crosses. quite a lot of all three designs. so here's a nice view of it.



next we walked down the hill again to the car and passed MY street!

(frankenstein called, he wants his shoes back.)

here is the university of strathclyde business school

and this is the university of strathclyde school of architecture and planning. you figure that one out.

then we went down to the river (quite a lot of really nice stuff being built there!) and saw the SECC which is "scotland's answer to the sydney opera house".

then we went to a really huge nice museum but only had an hour before closing so we didn't get to see the art (shame), so we did the only proper thing: went to the pub for a pint.

tomorrow is new year's eve! perhaps i'll do some drunken blogging after i get home, or maybe i'll just leave it for hungover blogging on monday. either way there are sure to be pictures of kilts and dancing. be safe, whatever you end up doing! (i'm sure as heck not driving anywhere - the concert hall where the ceilidh is to be held is only about half a mile down the road! perfect stumbling distance)

catch you in the new year!

love, mcnabbs