Scotland: Glasgow Teaser . . .

Yesterday, I felt like Raymond Meads the comedian on the City Bus Tour Video that I posted. The weather wasn’t too bad, a little rain, some sun and then at the end piercing cold wind! The wardrobe for today is “layer”! It’s chilly outside but in the museums it was toasty!

I decided since I am only here for 3 days I needed to get to all my must see’s in the most efficient and fastest way possible. I could’ve taken the bus pass route but the tour bus is going to all of my must see’s and I could just pay 10 lbs for a two day pass. Not bad and they run every 30 minutes.

First stop, the Glasgow Cathedral….founded in 1250 and completed a century later the Cathedral is Glasgow’s oldest building. The cathedral was erected on the site of where St. Mungo (Patron Saint and founder of Glasgow) established a monastaric settlement. His tomb is located in the lower church beneath the ground level. Here, they also house some interesting displays of the Church architecture (which was nearly destroyed).

Above on a hill is the Necropolis (cemetery) which has these large tombstones. I’m not really high on visiting cemeteries, so I viewed it from the Cathedral (it was pretty amazing to see it because some of the tombstones were quite large) and then spent some time at the St. Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art. The museum explores the importance of religion in people’s lives around the world. And in doing so it promotes understanding and respect between people with different faiths or none. It was actually a very interesting experience. There were three floors and they used interactive displays as well. If you are visiting the Cathedral it is worth it to have a quick visit here.

You can see the Necropolis in this photos which I took from the St. Mungo Museum...

And here's some beautiful blue sky weather (which lasted about maybe an hour or two)...Glasgow is quite a beautiful city when the Sun is out and the skys are blue. But the people are so friendly that it is a beautiful city rain or shine! This is the outside of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum located near the Glasgow University. More on the Museums in Glasgow in my next post ....