After loosing both
engines last night, they ship got them both back on line and we were
in Greenock, the port for Glasgow by 7:00 am this morning. We were
steaming along pretty good in the middle of the night. Up early and
ready to go in the Princess theatre by about 8:30.
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| In The Cathedral |
| Although we have been
here twice before, we did opt for a tour to Glasgow. It was an
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Glasgow Cathedral
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all
day tour that included the cathedral and Kelvingrove Art gallery.
Our first stop was the church. The area was one where we had spent
plenty of time on our first visit but it was very nice to have a very
good guide this time around. The church goes back to St Mungo's day
(6th century?). Before the reformation the pope had
designated it as a pilgrimage site. If people came here it was the
same as visiting Rome. Needless to say it was an elaborate
structure. The inside was changed drastically after the reformation.
For example all the side altars which are typical of these
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| No Selfie Stick! |
old
churches were removed. However you could still see the places where
they were situated. St. |Mongo's tomb is beneath the altar. Today
the church is a national heritage building but it was interesting to
note that there is no charge to get in. Apparently the government
wanted to change that but there was a great outcry against it.
On the grounds of
the church and behind it is a very old cemetery which stretches up
the hill. We only had a brief time to actually explore some of the
headstones in it. The ages have taken its toll on most of the
stones.
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| Fenceline! |
Next came a tour of
the city before we were dropped off for lunch in St Georges Square
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| Conehead! |
which is just a few blocks from the main shopping streets. On one of
the statues of a “hero” on a horse, the rider has a traffic cone
on his head. The city government removes it and it is simply
replaced. Rather funny but at lease the pigeons can't use it as a
“resting” place. Many of the other statues must be getting up in
age because they all had “white” hair. At least that is what it
looked like.
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| The Heads! |
We had a good
long break for lunch and shopping before heading out again for
another tour along the river where the shipbuilding companies once
were found. Today they are all gone replaced by parkland and
residential areas. This tour led us to the Kelvington Art Gallery
and Museum. As the name suggests, it is a bit of both. Actually I
think it was a better art gallery. The pieces came from a private
collection donated to the city. It had a famous but strange
collection of art pieces. They had Salvador |Dali's Christ of St
John of the Cross. It was a typically strange piece. Other pieces
include a couple of suspected Rembrandts, (or his school), Monet,
other Impressionists as well as many Scottish pieces. In other parts
of the museum we found Sir Roger the elephant, stuffed birds and
animals, gems, Chinese pieces, hanging heads, etc. A little bit of
everything. They even had a later model Spitfire that flew in World
War II. A strange mix of a museum/art gallery. After a bit more of
a guided tour we returned to the ship.
A late cup of tea, a
rest and we were ready for the evening. We went to see an
illusionist after we had our nibbles in the lounge. Our friends were
on a late arriving tour and we did not expect to see them. We simply
stayed in our place since the show was in the same lounge. Dinner
was good as usual. We decided to skip the big show. It was another
performer doing 60's material and we certainly get enough of that.
They seem to be stuck in that era on this ship. Nothing modern is
seldom heard although they had an Adele song playing during dinner.
We are on our way to
Belfast at a very slow speed. We will simply wander around tomorrow.
1 comment:
Those float heads look ghostly.
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