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Wednesday, November 08, 2017

Scotland - Touring Glasgow


University of Glasgow about 2 miles west of downtown. 

While Lulu did a presentation at Strathclyde University - I toured around town. After her visit - she took a uber cab to the Kelvingood Museum to be with me touring. It was cold - wet - and dark - outside. Temperature was around 40 degrees. The sun was down around 4:30 PM.

We rode the subway back into town. There is only one subway - it makes a loop around downtown. You can ride in either direction - inner loop - or outer loop. It was $1.60 a ride. It crosses under the Clyde River twice. 

I noticed lots of pictures of Oliver Hardy around town. I looked it up and he was raised in a government house in the south of town. 

We had supper in the Victoria Pub - just across the street from our hotel. 

Tomorrow at 11 AM - we take the train to Blackpool. We plan to attend the Gerry and the Pacemakers concert there. The next day we will be back home in London with Joan.


Kelvingrove Museum - the number one museum in Glasgow


English money - 2 pound - 1 pound - 50p - 20p - 10p. The one pound and two pound coins are made of two separate medals - easy to notice. 

The 2 pound coin is worth $2.62 cents today. 



Windmill



Orrery (sun - planets - moons)






Glasgow University 


Van Gough


1925 - Top Statue in Europe




The oldest surviving set of armor



Organ in Kelvingood Museum


Statue of Franklin Roosevelt


Shopping on Argail Avenue




Queen Victoria

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