10th Sept - Glasgow and St Andrews and Glasgow
This is our second week staying in Dundee with Rebecca, Theo and Kali.
Tam & Mark
Earlier in the week, we drove to St Andrews (the home of Golf) with Val (a relative of Vera's whose house we are staying in). We had a great lunch and a nice walk around the town looking at the cathedral and castle.
Val with Kali in St Andrews
We stopped off to look at the first tee at St Andrews Golf Club on the way home but being in the middle of summer, our view was a little limited. The Scottish call a fog 'haar' and Tam thought that the haar was having a joke on us.
First tee at St Andrews in summer.
It was one of those typical Scottish summers days as you can see from the picture below.
St Andrew's Catherdral in summer!
Yesterday we took a day trip (Megabus - £10 return for both of us) to Glasgow to have a look around the financial capital of Scotland. It's a 2-hr bus trip each way. Glasgow is very different to both Edinburgh and Dundee. Even the standard of women (and men) were a marked improvement over the rest of Scotland.
Glasgow is famous for the Glasgow movement which is a style of art, architecture and design (similar to Art Nouveau) that came to prominance in the late 1890's. The most famous artist is Charles Rennie Mackintosh http://www.crmsociety.com/
Two of his building included The Willows Tea Room and the Glasgow School of Art.
The Willows Tearooms - Glasgow
Glasgow School of Art
Next stop Paris!
Tam & Mark
Earlier in the week, we drove to St Andrews (the home of Golf) with Val (a relative of Vera's whose house we are staying in). We had a great lunch and a nice walk around the town looking at the cathedral and castle.
Val with Kali in St Andrews
We stopped off to look at the first tee at St Andrews Golf Club on the way home but being in the middle of summer, our view was a little limited. The Scottish call a fog 'haar' and Tam thought that the haar was having a joke on us.
First tee at St Andrews in summer.
It was one of those typical Scottish summers days as you can see from the picture below.
St Andrew's Catherdral in summer!
Yesterday we took a day trip (Megabus - £10 return for both of us) to Glasgow to have a look around the financial capital of Scotland. It's a 2-hr bus trip each way. Glasgow is very different to both Edinburgh and Dundee. Even the standard of women (and men) were a marked improvement over the rest of Scotland.
Glasgow is famous for the Glasgow movement which is a style of art, architecture and design (similar to Art Nouveau) that came to prominance in the late 1890's. The most famous artist is Charles Rennie Mackintosh http://www.crmsociety.com/
Two of his building included The Willows Tea Room and the Glasgow School of Art.
The Willows Tearooms - Glasgow
Glasgow School of Art
Next stop Paris!
posted by Most Liveable at 9:27 PM
2 Comments:
Just sensational - looks & sounds like you guys are having a sensational time. Great Idea this blogg thinggy.
Dael, Karen & Ethan
Seems Paris really agreed with you both. And I can't wait to see you in your Max Mara coat. It's getting warmer in Melbourne, high teens and you might have to wait a while before wearing it here. Enjoy Berlin and we'll speak on Monday.
LUL,
Mum, Dad and Aaron
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