WALKING GLASGOW
We finally arrived in Scotland early Friday evening after delayed flights, from both Denver to London and then from London to Glasgow. With so many people traveling these days, it seems that delayed flights are simply the new norm for now. The Denver airport was surrounded by thunderstorms, some with hail. The departure board listed 400 upcoming flights and only about 35 were NOT delayed, all the rest were delayed or cancelled.
The rest of the travel was fairly uneventful, other than a group of advanced age rugby players who evidently had suffered numerous concussions from the sport. To go through UK customs you needed to stand in a line and when your turn was next AND the light turns green, you approach a scanner that examines your passport and takes your photo. These poor chaps could not understand red versus green lights and were repeatedly rejected by the scanner. In spite of instructions from the customs security folks and even their own travel mates, they had a very hard time figuring out the system, much to the consternations of those behind them in the lines. And so goes travel in the digital age…
After a pint or two and a great dinner we all retired for the night to recover from jet lag.
Surprisingly to us, Glasgow is currently hosting the UCI Cycling World Championship. This event goes for almost two weeks and as result, many of the streets in the city are closed to traffic. This affected our original idea for today, so we scrapped the plans for a get-on/get-off sightseeing bus tour of the city as it was not operating. Instead we took off across the city on foot. Our first stop was the Glasgow Science Centre. We paid our 16€ discounted entry fee…we were offered the “concession” discount which is just a nicer name for ORFs (old retired farts).
Being the smart fellows we are, it did not take us long to realize that it was a children’s interactive museum. Having already paid we entry fees and having no children with us, we did the Tom Hanks movie BIG thing and became big size children…..but without any adult supervision. Needless to say we had a great time and even took naps during the IMAX Under the Ocean film.
Eventually we left in search of lunch. We ventured north to an of the city called Finnieston. After wandering aimlessly looking for a place to eat and finding all of them booked, we finally stumbled upon a small place called Porter & Rye where we devoured several plates of wonderful tapas. Then we explored more of the city before returning to our hotel.
And did I mention that we managed to fit in a tasting at a local whiskey distillery? In our defense we were planning on touring the distillery but as are most things in Glasgow, the tour was already booked up.
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